Arthur C. Burns ’45

Arthur "Rip" Burns died in New Hampshire Mar. 26, 1995, of complications from cancer of the esophagus. Mercifully, the course of the cancer was rapid and his days of pain were brief.

Rip came to Princeton from Morristown H.S., where he starred in football. At Princeton he was an outstanding center in 1946 and 1947. His Princeton career was interrupted by service in the Air Corps as a navigator, after which he returned to earn his degree in mechanical engineering in 1948. He joined the Foster Wheeler Co. of N.Y.C. as a representative in New Jersey.

Before leaving for WWII, he married Lois Vreeland. They had a daughter, Linda. Rip remained with Foster Wheeler until 1954, when he entered the brokerage business on Wall St., where he continued until starting his own investment counseling firm in Morristown. In 1985, Rip and Lois retired to Center Sandwich, N.H. He was a strong supporter of class unity, so important to a group separated during the war years.

The class will miss Rip and his contributions to his community, the university, and the class. We extend our deepest sympathies to Lois, to Linda and Gerald Jones, and to granddaughters Cortney V. and Lauren E.

The Class of 1945