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Paul M. Routly *51

Paul Routly, an astrophysicist, died of congestive heart failure May 2, 2014. He was 88. Routly graduated from McGill in 1947 with two degrees (one…

Robert Applegate Jr. ’43 *49

Robert Applegate Jr. ’43 *49 Bob died Oct. 6, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. He came to Princeton from Phillips Academy, where he was on…

Richard K. Lennox *61

Richard Lennox, a noted Indiana architect, died May 6, 2014, two days before his 78th birthday. Lennox graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in…

Eugene M. Isenberg *52

Eugene Isenberg, who had headed the world’s largest land and offshore platform driller, died March 16, 2014. He was 84. Isenberg graduated from the University…

Thomas M. Whitin ’44 *52

Tom died Dec. 9, 2013, in Tiverton, R.I., surrounded by his children. Tom prepared at Kent School, and at Princeton he majored in economics. He…

J. Woodland Hastings *51

J. Woodland Hastings, who had been a prominent professor in Harvard’s department of molecular and cellular biology, died Aug. 6, 2014, of pulmonary fibrosis. He…

Frank Wadsworth ’43 *51

Frank died Aug. 9, 2012. He came to Princeton from the Kent School and majored in English. Frank left in June 1942 and served as…

Jeremy Blanchett *48

Jeremy Blanchet, a historian who had initially worked on disarmament issues for the U.S. State Department, died April 30, 2013. He was 91. After graduating…

Thomas J. Nelson *68

Thomas Nelson, retired dean of engineering at the University of Portland, died May 6, 2014, at the age of 80. Born Tamas Janos Neubauer in…

Robert W. Rafuse Jr. *64

Robert Rafuse, an internationally recognized expert on government finance and tax policy, died March 13, 2014. He was 77. Rafuse graduated in 1958 from Harpur…

Samuel W. Lewis *64

Samuel Lewis, former U.S. ambassador to Israel, died of lung cancer March 10, 2014. He was 83. Lewis graduated from Yale in 1952, and received…

Stanley P. Leibo *63

Stanley Leibo, noted biologist and professor at the University of New Orleans (UNO), died of cancer March 25, 2014. He was 76. Leibo graduated from…

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