Burnham Carter Jr. ’44

Burn died Aug. 29, 2011, in Old Lyme, Conn.

After graduating from the Millbrook School, he was in Whig-Clio and a member of Quadrangle Club at Princeton. His roommates were Frank Gentes and Dick Furlaud.

Burn accelerated, served in the Navy for 2 1/2 years as an aviator, and received a master’s degree from Colgate and a Ph.D. from Stanford. He taught at Purdue for 10 years, was academic dean at Briarcliff College and Pine Manor College, and retired in 1996.

He married Sue McLeod in 1945. She died in 1999. Burn moved back to Old Lyme, where for almost 40 years he was a director of the Berkshire Farm and Services for Youth, a school for boys in trouble founded by his great-grandparents.

Burn had a love of literature and poetry, the Sunday crossword puzzle, the UConn women’s basketball team, and the beach and woods of Old Lyme.

He is survived by his sister, Alison Mitchell; a son, Jeffrey; daughters Elizabeth and Jane; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

He had 18 relatives who attended Princeton, including four in the late 1800s; 12 in the 1900s; plus his father, Burnham Carter ’22, and his late brother, David L. ’49.