Archibald Ross Lewis ’36

ARCH DIED Feb. 4, 1990 of a heart attack in Tucson, Ariz. He prepared at the Taft School. At Princeton he majored in history, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and from there received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. in 1982 the French Univ. of Montpellier granted him an honorary degree. He served as president of the Princeton Alumni Assn. of Austin, Tex. He was proud to have never missed a year in Princeton's first 50 years of A.G.

Arch served five years in the field artillery in WWII, retiring as a It. colonel. He saw action in Europe, receiving the French Croix de Gueffe, bronze star, and five battle stars. just before his death, he published a wonderful little book, WAR IN THE WEST, covering short stories of his experiences from Normandy to deep into Germany. After the war he served with distinction as a history professor at the Universities of South Carolina, Texas, and Massachusetts, from which he retired in 1985. During his teaching years, he was awarded two Fulbright and one Ford grant for study abroad. He became a leading medievalist scholar, and a wellknown authority on maritime history. He published 14 books and over 100 articles.

Arch is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Cutler Lewis, a granddaughter, Ashley Rist, and a sister, Jane Dusenberry. His son, David A., daughter, Allyson Rist, brother, Burdette G. Lewis Jr. '34, and sister, Patricia Lewis, predeceased him. we will all miss this noted scholar and friend. He was one of the best.

The Class of 1936