David G. Carter ’45

Dave died Aug. 21, 2014.

He entered Princeton from Andover and joined Terrace Club. Dave accelerated and earned his bachelor’s degree in 1944 in art and archaeology. He worked as a courier with the Department of State during the war years and earned a master’s degree from Harvard in 1949.

David became director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and married Louise Belknap in 1951. His experience in Montreal was fascinating to him because he had to be a unifying factor between the French and the English cultures. In the late 1970s, he returned to New Haven, Conn., where he served on a trio of nonprofit boards for the rest of his life.

He is survived by Louise; children H. Gilles Carter ’80, Deborah Carter, Polly Weissman, and Pamela Carter; and several grandchildren. The class sends its sympathy.