David Hunter McAlpin ’20 *21

A MASTER of oft-hidden talents, Dave was called home to his eternal rest on June 1, 1989, after two years of a variety of illnesses. His wife, Sally, was at his side at his home in Princeton. Dave was 92 years young, a true human dynamo. He was born in Tarrytown, N.Y., on May 21, 1897, the son of Dr. David H. McAlpin 1885. He attended the Hill School, graduated from Princeton in

1920 and later Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1924. He served as special assistant to the Attorney General in Washington, D.C., and in both world wars, ending as a commander in the Navy. He also worked at the Price Adjustment Board, in Washing¬ton. As a civilian, he became an investment banker and a general partner in Dark, Dodge & Co. in N.Y.C.

Dave's passions were photography and conservation. He endowed a professorship of photography at Prince¬ton, the first chair of photography in the country. His last gift was funding for a Dept. of Photography in the new addition of the Princeton Art Museum. He also sup¬ported photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Among the boards on which he served were the Conservation Foundation, the New York Zoological Society, the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Assn. and the Geraldine R. Dodge Founda¬tion, which was established by his aunt. Dave was a for¬mer director of the National Orchestral Assn. and the New York Philharmonic Society and a former treasurer of the Metropolitan Opera Club. He was a trustee of Princeton, a vice-chairman of the board at Union Theo¬logical Seminary, and an elder of the Nassau Presbyte¬rian Church in Princeton.

Surviving are his widow, Sally; two daughters, Lorna Hauslohner and Mead Brownell; a son, David Jr. '50; two stepsons, Gustav L. Stewart and John C. Stewart; 13 grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. To all of them we extend our sincere sympathy. The McAlpin fam¬ily boasts 33 graduates of Princeton.

The Class of 1920