Bryan died in a rock-climbing accident July 12, 2014, in Idyllwild, Calif.

He came to Princeton from Los Alamos High School in New Mexico. Bryan roomed in Forbes freshman and sophomore years with Jay Kern and junior and senior years with Chip Smith, Greg Van Horn, and Robert John. He majored in comparative literature and took his meals at Terrace.

Bryan was a devoted musician. As bass player in The Usual Suspects, he joined Pete Maruca, Jeff Gray, Tad Coburn, Tracy Ferrara, and Kim Carson in entertaining us at many Prospect Street parties. During his junior year, Bryan served as music director of Triangle Club.

His professional career included time with Investext, a division of Thomson Financial, where he was president of Thomson Financial Research. At the time of his death, he was working at Science Applications International Corp. in San Diego, having previously served as marketing director for the company’s security and transportation-technology business unit.

Bryan loved the outdoors, particularly the Canyonlands area of Utah, and was an avid rock climber and marathon runner, participating in the Boston Marathon in 2012. He was also a talented writer, having just completed his first novel.

The class sends sympathy to Bryan’s wife, Heidi; his daughter, Courtney; and his parents, Stephen Rockwood and Jane Andrews.

Undergraduate Class of 1987