Craig Gary Smith ’58 *63

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Craig died on Mar. 18, 2000, of emphysema. He came to Princeton from Oak Park, Ill. As an undergraduate, Craig's interests included swimming, WPRB, and the Princeton Engineer, where he was comanaging editor. Graduating with a degree in basic engineering, he went on to earn both a master's and a doctorate in mechanical engineering at Princeton. Craig worked at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where he was head of the computing section until he founded, in 1984, his own consulting firm, CGSytems.

A Princeton resident with interest in music, dance, and events at McCarter Theatre and Richardson Hall, he served as committee chair and trustee of the Princeton Ballet Society and on a committee for the Princeton Summer Concerts.

Craig was, for many years, active in our reunions, and the class will miss him. To his wife, Berit, and sons Erik and Kevin, the class sends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1958

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