Burrows Sloan Jr. ’33

Buzz Sloan was born in Ardmore, Pa., and died in Burr Ridge, Ill., on July 18, 2003. He was 92.

Buzz attended Phillips Exeter Academy and left Princeton after junior year. He obtained his BA degree from the College of William and Mary in 1960. After Princeton, he engaged in sales work in the New York and Philadelphia areas. In 1939, he married Jane Travers and also joined Mathiesen Alkali Works.

He entered the Army in chemical warfare service and served in the China-Burma-India area. He was discharged as a major. He taught mathematics at several private schools, including Princeton Country Day School, until his retirement in 1978. Jane died in 1995.

Buzz is survived by daughter Virginia Edmonds, son Edward, and six grandchildren. We will miss Buzz. He was a devoted Princetonian.

The Class of 1933