Alexander Smith Cochran ’35

Our loyal classmate Alex Cochran died suddenly on Aug. 9, 1989, while vacationing in Northeast Harbor, Me. He had lunched with classmates only a day earlier.

Alex came to Princeton from Gilman and was preceded by a brother, William F. '29. He roomed during freshman year with Buckie Rulon-Miller and later with Charley McKenney. A history major, he belonged to Cap and Gown, was on the Honor Committee, played varsity soccer for three years, and rowed with the 150-lb. crew. During WWII, Alex served in the Washington Navy Yard and with a battalion of Seabees in the Pacific. An ardent sailor all his life, he was a retired lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve.

Alex received an advanced degree from the Harvard Architectural School in 1939, and in 1947 he formed his own firm, which later became Cochran Stephenson and Donkervoet. He served his profession on many committees and still found time for visiting lectureships and various city-planning commissions in Baltimore. He also was our class memorial chairman and a member of the Advisory Council of the School of Architecture.

The sympathy of the class is extended to Alex's wife of 52 years, Caroline Sizer Cochran; his three sons, Alex Jr., Ted, and Gill; his daughter, Caroline Cochran Boynton; and 11 grandchildren. With them we rejoice in remembering a full, well-spent, and happy life.

The Class of 1935