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Henry Robert Fischer ’39

A lifelong resident of Erie, Pa., Henry died there on May 17, 2000. After graduating from Penn law school in 1942, he practiced law in…

William Gibson Harris ’39

Gib died May 1, 2000, in Ocean Ridge, Fla. After earning his law degree at the U. of Virginia in 1942, he worked as an…

William Randolph Mueller ’39

Bill died on Mar. 29, 2000, in Roland Park, Md. Born in Baltimore, Bill came to Princeton from the Gilman School, then went on to…

Edward Johnson Sanger ’39

After suffering from Alzheimer's for several years, Ted died in Medford, Ma., Apr. 26, 2000. In our 40th year book Ted wrote "Princeton taught me…

Alfred Conrad Ulmer Jr. ’39

After a long illness brought on by a severe stroke in 1992, Al died June 22, 2000. Editorial chair of the Prince and business manager…

Augustus John Bender Jr. ’39

Jack succumbed to congestive heart failure Jan. 18 at a hospital near his home in Scotch Plains, N.J. He had been enjoying retirement since closing…

James William Boyd ’39

Jim died Feb. 14, 2000, in his Addison, Ill., home. He was a surgeon at the Elmhurst Clinic, a suburban multispecialty medical group of which…

Stuart Dubois Cowan ’39

Pioneer amateur radio operator, marketing executive, publisher, and writer, Stu died Nov. 15, 1999, at Concord Hospital, near his home in Henniker, N.H., where he…

John Thurston Beaty ’39

Jack died Nov. 12, 1999, in Waynesville, N.C., where he had built a home in the Great Smoky Mountains in 1991 upon retiring from his…

Charles Augustus Broad ’39

Chuck died Oct. 3, 1999, at his home in Milwaukee. Peggy, his wife of 55 years, and all six of their children were with him…

Walter Ashton Lee ’39

Ash died Oct. 23, 1999, in Dillon, Colo., while drinking a martini at the Yacht Club banquet. Denver had been home to him ever since…

Karl Mensch Waage ’39

Distinguished paleontologist and former director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale, Karl died Oct. 18, 1999. He earned his master's and PhD…

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