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Francis H. Sleeper *52

Francis H. Sleeper, an old-fashioned, respected, and hardworking business reporter, died Sept. 8, 2006, in Portland, Maine, after a long struggle with prostate cancer. He…

David Erickson Brickl *52

DAVID ERICKSON BRICKL *52, aged 64 years, retired physicist at the I.B.M. facilities located in East Fishkill, N.Y., died Aug. 12, 1991, at Vassar Brothers…

Russell Elliott Miller *52

RUSSELL ELLIOTT MILLER *52, professor of history emeritus and university archivist and historian at Tufts Univ., died at his home in Reading, Mass., Jan. 3…

Harry L. Bush *52

HARRY L. BUSH, retired Army colonel, died in Georgetown Univ. Hospital Jan. 17, 1993, at the age of 74. In recent years, he and his…

Dudley Bell Robinson Jr. ’49 *52

"TOM" DIED at home on May 219, 1,992, following a heroic twoyear bout with prostate cancer. He was born in Cleveland on Mar. 15, 1927…

Nicholas Holt ’49 *52

Nick died of Pick's disease April 10, 2006. He was 78. He prepared for Princeton at the Putney School and majored in the humanities as…

William H. Short ’46 *52

BILL DIED Feb. 20, 1991, of cancer at Princeton Medical Center. He joined us in that memorable summer of 1942 before entering the Army and…

Jean P. Mather *51

Jean P. Mather, the outspoken president of the University of Massachusetts from 1954 to 1960, died June 21, 2007. He was 92. Mather helped transform…

Serge R. Lang *51

Serge Lang, a leading mathematical theorist and gadfly, died Sept. 12, 2005, in Berkeley, Calif., apparently from heart disease. He was 78. Born in Paris…

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