David died Nov. 9, 2012, at home in Cayuga Heights, N.Y., of prostate cancer.

David came to Princeton from the Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn, Pa., where he had been class president. He had a dual major at Princeton in electrical engineering and applied physics. Freshman roommates included John McGraw, Ben Troxell, and Steve Moehlman. David ate at Court Club and then at Wilson Lodge senior year.

After earning a master’s degree at Rutgers, David worked for Bell Labs. He then earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Cornell. A pioneer doing work on gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors (used in communications devices), he became a research associate at Cornell. He mentored graduate students on complex research projects and worked on “nano” projects.

David won the Head of the Schuylkill and other races, rowing in the Head of the Charles in October 2011 with advanced cancer. In addition, he engaged in cross-country skiing and master’s swimming and sang in a local chorus.

David married his high-school sweetheart, Susan Brown, in 1962. She died in 2002. He remarried in 2005. The class sends sympathy to his wife, Linda; sons Kenneth and Nathan; stepdaughter Allison; and all the family.

Undergraduate Class of 1962