Celeste Fowler ’94

Celeste Fowler died Mar. 21, 2004, of metastatic melanoma.

Celeste lived life to the fullest. She was brilliant, modest, kind, generous, and courageous; a great friend who had great friends.

Celeste completed her bachelor's degree in three years. She graduated with her original class by taking a year to work at the Geometry Center at the U. of Minnesota. She received her certification in scuba diving while at Princeton, and this became a lifelong passion.

After graduating cum laude in computer science, Celeste began work as a senior software engineer for Silicon Graphics. She became highly respected within the computer industry for her creativity and skills as a programmer. She volunteered at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and then joined AvantGo as a senior software engineer and manager. After running in the Honolulu Marathon, she relocated to Hawaii, where she pursued scuba diving and photography.

In June 2003 she entered the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as an MIT Presidential Fellow and PhD candidate. Soon after her death, just eight weeks after being diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, it was learned that Celeste had won a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for 2004.

Celeste is survived by her parents, Dennis and Peggy Fowler, various aunts, uncles, and cousins, her beloved cat, Flipper, and many friends who all miss her intensely.

The class can read a detailed obituary at http://alumni.princeton.edu/~cl1994/.

The Class of 1994