Dan Platt Caulkins ’26

Dan Caulkins died Sept. 25, 1995, at his home on Jupiter Island, Fla., after a long illness.

Dan came to Princeton from St. Mark's, where he was captain of both the football and baseball teams, as well as a member of the hockey team. At Princeton Dan played football, was class president sophomore year, and a member of Ivy Club. Dan will be remembered by his '26 classmates, and other Princetonians, as the cool, effective quarterback of the football team that beat Harvard and Yale for the Big Three title in 1925.

After graduation Dan worked at a savings bank in the Detroit area. In 1932 he transferred to Bankers Trust Co. in NYC. During WWII, Dan served in the USNR as assistant to the deputy chief of naval operations for air and received promotions from lt. comdr. to capt., his rank on discharge in 1945. He was a member of the Civilian Navy Board from 1946-49.

When discharged from the Navy, Dan returned to Bankers Trust Co. as v.p and served until 1952, when, until 1955, he was part of the Eisenhower administration as the President's White House assistant for national security affairs.

Dan played a significant part in the history of the class, for which we are grateful. He is survived by his wife, Dixie Caulkins, his daughter, Fay Harbach, two granddaughters, five great-grandchildren, and six stepchildren, to all of whom we extend our sympathy.

The Class of 1926