Benjamin Dean Meritt *25

BENJAMIN DEAN MERITT *25, classics scholar and prof. emeritus of Greek history and epigraphy at the Inst. Of Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J., died July 7, 1989, in Austin, Tex., his retirement home. He was 90 years of age. He was awarded his baccalaureate degree, as valedictorian, by Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1920. He spent two years at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece, with which he retained a close association for the rest of his life. He returned to the U.S. and to Princeton, there receiving his Ph.D. in classical studies in 1925. Subsequently he taught at Princeton, Brown, the Univ. of Vt., Michigan, Johns Hopkins, and Oxford. He was appointed to the initial faculty at the Inst. for Advanced Study, where he remained until retirement in 1972. He continued active academic activities in retirement and was awarded a total of seven honorary degrees.

Sincere condolences are proffered to his widow, Lucy, his two sons, four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Lucy is the second Mrs. Meritt, his first wife, Mary (Elizabeth Kirkland) having preceded him in death nearly 20 years ago.

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