David H. Alven ’58

Dave died March 13, 2023, in Bluffton, S.C. He was 86.

He came to Princeton from Governor Dummer Academy, where he took an active part in sports and wrote for the school newspaper and yearbook.

At Princeton, he was active in WPRB and Whig-Clio, majored in sociology, and belonged to Key and Seal Club. His senior-year roommates were Bob Burr and Tommy Thomas.

After graduation, Dave earned an MBA from the Wharton School and began his career with Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh in 1960. In 1968, he was recruited to join the marketing department of Morgan Guarantee Trust in New York City. It was there he met his wife of 51 years, Kathryn. After 25 years with Morgan Trust, David took early retirement, which lasted only two weeks. He spent the next 10 years as a stock/bond broker with Morgan Stanley in White Plains, N.Y. Together, Dave and Kathy and spent 29 years in their “starter house” in Bronxville, N.Y. In 2001, they relocated to the Hilton Head area. Over the years they were able to travel extensively.

Dave is survived by Kathy and many members of his in-law family. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them all.