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Howard Wellington Stepp ’39

HOWIE, our honorary classmate, coach, mentor, and friend, died on Aug. 30, 1989. He had been in failing health after he suffered a stroke several…

Herman William Melum ’39

BILL DIED on July 31, 1989, in St. Simons Island, Ga., where he had lived since he retired in 1974 as V.P. of the First…

David Mahon Craig ’39

Dave died of heart failure on June 25, 1989, at Shadyside Hospital, in Pittsburgh. A native of that city, Dave spent most of his career…

Paul Henry Ringer Jr. ’39

Paul died on Mar. 27, 1989, at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., where he had lived since he retired as a general surgeon. In retirement, he had…

Robert Bach ’39

After a long illness, Bob died at his home in Manhattan on May 15, 1989. For three decades, he was a partner in the investment-banking…

M. Scott Chapin ’39

Scott died Dec. 13, 2005, in La Mesa, Calif. Scott entered Princeton with us and was with us until the end of his junior year…

Cornelius John Tyson Jr. ’39

Jack died peacefully March 9, 2006, in Manhattan, where he had maintained a private practice in internal medicine for 52 years. He received his medical…

Kent Pettit Cooper ’39

Kent died Jan. 20, 2006, in Rockport, Maine, where he had been living under the care of his daughter, Sally Ann '84, and his sons…

Richard Wallace Murrie ’39

On March 6, 2006, Dick died peacefully after a long illness. He was 88. One of the large contingent in our class from the Lawrenceville…

Karl Beckwith Smith Jr. ’39

K.B. died Jan. 28, 2006, in Sanibel, Fla., just two weeks short of his 90th birthday. He was widely recognized as the longest living survivor…

Thomas Charles Armstrong Jr. ’39

Tom died Nov. 1, 2005, following a brief illness, in Greeley, Colo., where he had moved four years earlier. He was 87. Following graduation, Tom…

Richard Dillon Jr. ’39

Dick died Dec. 5, 2005, at his apartment in Foulk Manor North in Wilmington, Del. Dick had a long and successful career in public relations…

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