Abram Dickerson Salmon III ’28

DICK SALMON died on Dec. 4, 1989, at the Naples Hospital in Florida after a short illness. He and his wife Edwina, who survives him, lived at 62 Fifth St., South, Naples, where they had made their home since retiring in l971.

He is also survived by three sons, The Reverend A. D. Salmon Jr., Jerre W., Peter L., 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild; as well as two brothers and two sisters.

Dick was born on Aug. 30, 1906, the oldest of eight children, and lived in Stanhope, NJ. He entered Princeton from Mercersburg Academy. He and Harry Cannon, Joe Adams, and Tex Young roomed together at 40-50 Patton their senior year and all belonged to Gateway Club. Dick majored in classics.

After graduation Dick spent a short time in different enterprises. He then started his long career with the Y.M.C.A. in Newark, NJ. From 1949 on, he was with the Y.M.C.A. in Binghamton, N.Y., retiring as its executive director. While at Binghamton he acquired a summer cottage at Petonia Lake, north of Greene, N.Y., which he and Edwina enjoyed along with their family every summer, even after moving to Naples. Dick served faithfully as senior warden of Christ Episcopal Church in Binghamton.

Dick maintained his interest in Princeton and the class through the years, and came to Class reunions, most recently the 50th in 1978. His fellow alumni and his many friends extend their deepest sympathy to Edwina and their entire family.

The Class of 1928