David John Anderson Jr. ’60

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DAVID ANDERSON took his life during the fall of 1985.

Dave was born March 18, 1938, in Homestead, Penn., and prepared for Princeton at Turtle Creek H.S.

At Princeton he was an active member of the chemistry club, majored in chemistry, and wrote his thesis on spontaneous fission. Dave took meals at Prospect Club his junior year and Wilson Lodge his senior year.

Dave taught chemistry at the American Community School in Cobham, Surrey, England, from 1983 to 1985. He left England in June 1985 to return to the U.S. and a teaching position in Augusta, Ga.

The Class extends sincere condolences to the family.

The Class of 1960

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