Arthur Cyrus Warner ’38

Arthur "Cy" Warner died at his home in Princeton July 22, 2007.

He prepared at Newark Academy and majored in history at Princeton, graduating with high honors. He was assistant manager of the University Band and a member of Whig-Clio, the Anti-War Society, and the International Relations Club. After graduation, Cy obtained his law degree from Harvard Law School and then served in the Navy as a second lieutenant. Postwar, he taught history at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Rider College.

He was dedicated to civil rights, especially the rights of gay citizens. In the 2002 book, Beyond Stonewall, the editor, Vern L. Bullogh, explained Cy's historic gay-rights activism in detail. In later years, his interests turned to the brain and aspects of its development. As a result he founded Sentience Foundation Inc., a nonprofit corporation that sponsored research and programs to study the advancement of the brain's capacities, maintenance, and optimal health.

Cy left no relatives, but many friends and beneficiaries of his philanthropy and years of teaching, to all of whom the class extends its deep sympathy.