Anthony W. Davenport ’71

Tony died Jan. 6, 2004, at his home in Lancaster, Ohio, after a brave struggle with pancreatic cancer.

He graduated from Princeton with a degree in architecture, but after two years working for architects in Paris, he devoted the rest of his life to ceramic sculpture. Since 1977 he taught sculpture, ceramics, and design at Ohio U.-Lancaster. His most recent work can be seen online at www.anthonydavenport.com.

Born in NYC, Tony spent his childhood in Hawaii and adolescence in Paris, where he graduated with great distinction from the Lycee Pasteur. Tony brought to Princeton both cultural sophistication and broad learning. He combined these with personal warmth and directness, great wit, and a lack of guile that endeared him to his many friends.

In addition to teaching at Ohio U., since 1984 Tony was director of Northwood Europe, a study program for students from Northwood U. in Midland, Michigan. During the one-term European travel course he taught each year, his vast knowledge of history and art, issued in legendary lectures, led to experiences that transformed generations of Northwood students.

Among those classmates who shared memories at Tony's Jan. 17 memorial service were Bruce Altshuler, Gene Beresin, Norris Manser, and Marc Rosenthal, and Ron Butler '70. Tony is survived by his beloved wife, Kay, children Marc, David, Ben and Michelle, and his sister, Anne.

The Class of 1971