Daniel M. Duffield ’52

Dan died Dec. 25, 2014. At Princeton he studied politics, joined Charter Club, and rowed with a crew that came within seconds of representing the United States in the Olympics. A varsity shell is named for him.

He was a Marine for 28 years, as, he said, a “foot soldier in the Cold War.” After he retired as a full colonel, he and his wife, Liz, were proprietors of a bed-and-breakfast inn in Vermont from 1985 to 1994.

Dan was class secretary for 15 years. His PAW Class Notes were a careful, thoughtful record of what class members, mostly retired, were doing to keep class spirit alive, and he instituted the practice of sending birthday cards to every member. He said that in writing Class Notes, he “came to appreciate the talents and personalities that comprise the Great Class of 1952.”

Liz died in 2006. Dan’s devotion to her was evident in the chapter he submitted in her name shortly after her death for the 2007 collection of reminiscences of class wives. In 2012, he gave up his position as secretary and moved to Nags Head, N.C., to live with his daughter, Margaret.

Dan leaves his daughter; son John; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.