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Whitman Ridgway ’39

A third-generation Princetonian, Whit died Feb. 19, 1995, at his home in Schenectady, N.Y. There, he had been associated with GE since receiving his M.S…

Albert Boyd Sharp ’39

Al died Jan. 19, 1995, in Sarasota where he and his wife, Mary, had lived for the past nine years following his retirement from a…

Arthur W. Schmidt Sr. ’39

ART DIED Feb. 23, 1994, in Williamsburg, Va. where he had retired in 1981. His last four years had been hard as he went through…

Paul V. Deporte ’39

PAUL DIED Dec. 31, 1993, of a sepsis while recovering from GuillainBarre Syndrome at a rehabilitation hospital. He had retired in 1983 after 37 years…

Eugene C. Morrison ’39

GENE DIED Sept. 1, 1992, in Luxembourg. The last time we saw him was at a class luncheon at the Princeton Club of N.Y.C. in…

James Sowerbutt Vandermade ’39

James Sowerbutt Vandermade ’39 Jim died July 20, 2006, in Gladwyne, Pa., where he and his wife, Peg, had lived since moving to the Waverly…

Lambert Lyons-montgomery ’39

Buzz died July 18, 2006, at his home in Essex, Mass. In the first years after graduation, Buzz took his mathematical skills to a number…

Walter R. Hatfield ’39

Walt died Sept. 23, 2006, in Lexington, Mass., his home for 56 years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, and found time to…

Edward Windsor Hobler ’39

Our class president senior year, Ed died of pneumonia July 23, 2006, in Evanston, Ill. Ed had been a resident of Evanston’s Presbyterian Home Alzheimer’s…

John Thimpson Kerr ’39

John died of congestive heart failure Aug. 25, 2006, at a retirement community in Towson, Md. Born in York, Pa., he came to us from…

Lawrence Adams Baker Jr. ’39

Larry died April 28, 2006, at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. Larry served in the Army during World War II. During his service, he…

James Myers Finch Jr. ’39

Jim died May 4, 2006, at Whitney Center in Hamden, Conn. A retired official of the New Haven Railroad, Jim was a railroad buff all…

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