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David R. Tomb ’54

Dave died Oct. 31, 2019, after a decade-long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He prepared at Keith School in Indiana, Pa., and the Lawrenceville School. At…

Philip H. Griggs ’54

Phil, a loyal, lifelong Princeton Tiger, died Nov. 12, 2019. He prepared for Princeton at Kingswood (Conn.) Academy, majored in civil engineering, and was a…

Barry Coon Phelps ’53

Life for Barry Coon Phelps was a roller coaster both personally and professionally. After he was married and divorced three times, his fourth marriage left…

Charles Templeton Kellogg ’53

When his city, Waterbury, Conn., went into receivership and verged on bankruptcy, Chuck Kellogg was named to an oversight committee and before long the city…

Samuel William Gelfman ’53

Born in Brooklyn, Sam grew up in New Jersey and came to Princeton from Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, N.J. After flunking out and…

Gordon Woodward Daiger ’53

Gordon was born in Washington, D.C., and spent his whole life in that area except for brief excursions to Princeton and Japan. At Princeton he…

Clinton Gilbert Jr. ’51

Clint was born March 10, 1930, in New York City to Clinton and Elizabeth Gilbert. His father was a member of the Class of 1921…

William H.R. White II ’49

Bill died Sept. 29, 2019, in Shrewsbury, N.J., just a few miles from Red Bank, where he was born and spent his entire professional career…

Michael C. Gill ’49

Michael died Oct. 13, 2019, in Bayanup, Western Australia, with his daughters, Alice Gill and Laura Hardman, at his side. A lifetime potter, he was…

Thomas Smyth ’48

Tom was born May 12, 1927, and grew up in Indiana, Pa., where his father, an ornithologist, was head of sciences at Indiana State Teachers…

John F. Garber Jr. ’48

John was born July 10, 1925, in Lancaster, Pa. He died Dec. 2, 2019, in a retirement center in Willow Street, Pa. After public school…

Forster W. Freeman ’48

Forster was born April 19, 1927, in Paterson, N.J. At Princeton Forster majored in economics, but his life work became teaching and pastoring in human…

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