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Homer A. Smith ’54

Our beloved classmate Homer Smith died April 10, 2011, at his home in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Born in Independence, Mo., he prepared for Princeton at Lawrenceville…

Leonard S. Bushnell ’54

The class recently learned of the death of Leonard Bushnell July 20, 2010. Born in Bremerton, Wash., he attended Lakeside School in Seattle. At Princeton…

Philip B. Hill ’52

Phil Hill died Nov. 18, 2009, in Shepherdstown, W.Va., where he had lived since 1999. A graduate of Williston Academy, he majored in politics at…

Jack G. Collins ’52

Jack came to Princeton from high school in Waukegan, Ill. He was in NROTC, majored in the School of Public and International Affairs, and was…

Bruce G. Coe ’52

Bruce Coe, an investment banker and public servant, died March 24, 2009, at home in Lambertville, N.J., after a yearlong struggle with a brain tumor…

Sumner B. Gambee ’51

Sum was born Dec. 13, 1929, in New York, the son of A. Sumner Gambee ’24 and Eleanor Brown Gambee, and the nephew of Randolph…

Harry B. Weber ’50

Harry died July 22, 2010, in Iowa City, Iowa. A colleague described him as a man with “an absolutely fantastic memory for jokes and aphorisms…

Asa S. Bushnell ’47

Ace was a pillar of our class from graduation until his death March 14, 2011. He served in the Marines during World War II, and…

T. Alexander Pond ’46 *53

Alec Pond died peacefully Aug. 29, 2010, at home in Vermont. He was 85. Born in Los Angeles, he came to Princeton in June 1942…

Franklin E. Schaffer ’45

Frank died from cardiac arrest Nov. 11, 2010. Frank entered Princeton from New Rochelle (N.Y.) High School. His Army service was in the Pacific theater…

Donald W. Bussmann ’42

Donald Bussman, a physician and medical educator, died Jan. 17, 2011, in Seattle as the result of a fracture incurred in a fall. Don attended…

Willard R. Wigley Jr. ’42

W. Robert Wigley died Feb. 13, 2011, in Dallas, Texas. Bob was born in Waco, Texas, and prepped at Andover. At Princeton he played on…

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