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Alexander Dallas Wainwright ’39

Alec died Jan. 5, 2000, in Hightstown, N.J., where he had been living following his long career as a librarian, almost all of it on…

William Rowley Bishop Jr. ’39

Bill died Jan. 1, 2007, in Reading (Pa.) Hospital. He was a resident of the Highlands at Wyomissing, Pa., having recently moved there from his…

Robert Pease Smith ’39

Bob died in Clermont, Fla., Jan. 19, 2007, after a long and distinguished medical career. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1943. After an…

Elkan Rogers Blout ’39

Elkan died of pneumonia Dec. 20, 2006, in Boston. After leaving Princeton, completing his Ph.D. at Columbia, and then doing postdoctoral research at Harvard, he…

Fredrick Reinhardt Snyder ’39

Fred died Oct. 21, 2006, at Reading (Pa.) Hospital after suffering a sudden, massive cranial bleed. Although he had diabetes for several years, he was…

Charles Dana Burke ’39

Burkie died peacefully after a long illness Dec. 12, 2006, in Longwood, Fla. He had moved there after living in Punta Gorda, Fla., for 33…

George Howe Wilder ’39

George died Dec. 26, 2006, in a Dayton, Ohio, hospital. He and his wife, Betty, had moved there only last year from their longtime home…

Henry Dan Piper ’39

Professor emeritus of English, biographer of F. Scott Fitzgerald '17, and former dean of liberal arts and sciences at Southern Illinois U.-Carbondale, Dan died July…

Arthur Gwyer Gilkes ’39

Art died on July 25, 1999, in Chicago, Ill. He studied chemistry at Princeton, earned a law degree at NYU, and served as an aviator…

Eben Clarke Hall ’39

Eben died Apr. 2, 1999, at his home in Vero Beach, Fla. In retirement he and Jane, his wife of 53 years, had spent half…

William Burr Jadden ’39

Bill succumbed to lung cancer Feb. 7, 1999, in Switzerland, where he and Audrey had lived since 1962. There in their beautiful home overlooking Lake…

Albert Butler Richardson ’39

Al died Mar. 10, 1999, in Harwich, Mass., not far from his home in Chatham, where he had settled after his retirement in 1974. Al…

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