Alexander Dallas Wainwright ’39

Alec died Jan. 5, 2000, in Hightstown, N.J., where he had been living following his long career as a librarian, almost all of it on the staff of the Princeton University Library, which he joined in 1946 as a member of the department of rare books and special collections. In 1948, in addition to other duties at the library, he assumed responsibility for the Morris L. Parrish collection of Victorian novelists. In 1962, he was appointed assistant librarian for acquisitions. He was editor of the Princeton University Library Chronicle from 1949-62. He retired in 1982 as assistant university librarian for the collection department, but he continued to work at the library part-time until his death, chiefly as treas. of the Friends of the Library. He will long be remembered by Thomas Wolfe scholars for the thoughtfully eclectic and unbiased contents of the Thomas Wolfe Collection, his generous gift to the library. He died just days before the library's centennial exhibition opened including The Story of Thomas Wolfe (1900- 1938), which would not have been possible without Alec's collection and the assistance he provided in its preparation.

Alec is survived by his sister, Mary King Auchincloss, a niece, and two nephews, two grand-nephews, and three grand-nieces to whom we offer our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939