Clay Hanger ’57

Clay died Dec. 11, 2025.  

A native of Cleveland, he came to Princeton from the Hotchkiss School. He majored in biology, joined Colonial Club, and was a member of the wrestling team. He also was in the Outing Club and secretary-treasurer of the Gun Club. Senior year he roomed with Rennie Miller and Sandy Luke. 

After serving in the Army in an intelligence unit in Berlin, he enrolled at Columbia University Medical School. Realizing that medicine was not the career for him, he left after two years and obtained a master’s degree in mathematics at New York University. 

In 1964, he married Carol Marsh, and after living in New York, they moved to Hayden, Colo., and then to Steamboat Springs. He taught and tutored math and filled his life with activities such as sports car racing, skydiving, skiing, shooting sports, and tennis, which he played into his 80s. He also became president of Poseidon Inc., during this period. 

Clay is survived by his wife of 62 years, Carol; their two children, Christopher (who did become a doctor), and Alexandra; and three grandchildren.