Bryant Northcutt ’50

Buck suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at his Fairfield, Conn., home, and died at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, on July 7, 2002.

Coming from the Staten Island Day School to Princeton, Buck started in engineering, but changed to psychology and graduated cum laude. Soon after graduation he joined Spring Mills, working in textile product development, sales, and marketing for more than 19 years. He was one of the prime movers in establishing "wash and wear" fabric performance standards.

Buck entered management consulting in 1975 and retired some 20 years later. Seeking "new stimulation," he enrolled at Southern Connecticut State and earned his master's in library science at age 70, specializing in reference work. At our 50th, Buck wrote that "throughout my entire life, I loved to act and sing, even at age four." He was one of only four freshmen accepted into the Princeton Glee Club and sang with it for four years. He sang at Southport Trinity Episcopal Church and for more than three decades with the Fairfield County Chorale.

Our sympathy goes to his wife, Jan, who shared his devotion to singing; his children, Diana Lee Angstadt, Jeffrey, and Douglas; brother Sumner; and five grandchildren.

The Class of 1950