Catherine Fairfax MacRae ’00

Bright and beautiful, kind and gentle, Catherine "Cat" MacRae was the youngest Princetonian to be a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack.

The daughter of Cameron MacRae '63, Cat attended the Brearley School prior to Princeton. At Brearley, Cat played squash and field hockey, was editor of the school newspaper, and won the Arnold Mathematics Prize.

At Princeton, she majored in economics, with a certificate in finance, and graduated magna cum laude. She was a member of Ivy Club, played on the squash team, and was treasurer of Pi Phi.

After graduation, Cat worked briefly at Goldman Sachs & Co., and was then lured away to Fred Alger Management Co. Cat had recently passed the first level of the chartered financial analyst exam. More important, she and longtime beau Andrew Caspersen '99 were beginning to contemplate marriage.

A great many members of the Classes of '00 and '99 attended Cat's memorial service in Southampton, N.Y., in October. There is a Cat MacRae Fund to honor her life and memory; donations may be sent to Cameron MacRae, c/o LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, 125 West 55 St., NY, NY 10019.

The class extends its sympathy to Cat's father, her mother, Ann, her sister, Annie, and to Andrew.