Daniel Peyton Sullivan ’51

Dan was born in Shanghai, the son of missionary parents, and graduated from Episcopal High School in Virginia. 

At Princeton, he was a SPIA major, sang in the Glee Club, and was a member of Terrace Club. His roommates were Charles Farrell, William Fuellhart, and Claibourne Griffin. 

Following graduation Dan served as a naval officer for three years and then earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies. Joining the foreign service in 1956, he served for more than 28 years in American embassies in countries such as the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria. 

Retiring to Washington in 1984 with his wife, Margaret, also a child of a missionary family, he participated in several singing groups and worked for the State Department in the years prior to his death Oct. 30, 2022.