Arthur Montgomery ’31

Art was born Dec. 2, 1909, in NYC and died Dec. 31 in Albuquerque at the age of 90. He prepared at the Hill School and at Princeton he was a member of the freshman fencing team, and, the following year, was a member of Arbor Inn.

As an undergraduate he had been keen on geology and shortly after graduation was rewarded with a position as a geologist with the Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Co. In 1850 he received a PhD from Harvard and soon was an assistant professor of geology at Lafayette. He retired as a full professor in 1975.

In 1942 Art became the owner-operator of the Harding Mine in New Mexico, which produced critically needed tantalum, lithium, and beryllium during WWII. Following the war he continued for many years to work at the mine each summer. In 1953 he prepared a geology report for the New Mexico Bureau of Mines. He was a fellow of the Geological Society of America, the Mineralogical Society, and the AAAS, and a former member of the Princeton Club of New York.

Art is survived by one niece, Elizabeth Daner, and five great-nephews and nieces. The class extends its deepest sympathy to the entire family.

The Class of 1931