Daniel Baugh Brewster ’46

Daniel Brewster died Aug. 19, 2007, of liver cancer at his home in Owings Mills, Md. He was 83.

Dan came to Princeton from St. Paul's School in 1942 and volunteered in the Marines shortly thereafter, serving in Guam and in Okinawa, where he was wounded and decorated. He had a strong allegiance to the Marines, from which he retired 30 years later as a colonel.

After the war he attended Johns Hopkins, and obtained a law degree from the University of Maryland in 1949. The following year he was elected to the first of two terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, and then served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 1962, at age 39, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he was a co-sponsor of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as a measure to create the Assateague Island National Seashore. He retired from politics in 1969. Dan described himself as a happily retired farmer.

Dan is survived by his wife, Judy Lynn Brewster; sons Gerry L. '79, Daniel B. Jr., and Dana F.; daughters Danielle B. Oster and Jennilie; his brothers, Andre W. II '47 and Walter; a sister, Frances Cochran Smith; and stepchildren Kurt Aarsand and Krista A. Bedford. The class extends sincerest sympathy to all.