Dave died March 25, 2018, in Los Angeles.

He was a Hill School alum and Navy veteran. At Princeton he played varsity soccer, acted in Theatre Intime, belonged to Quadrangle, and graduated with honors in basic engineering.

With a Fulbright scholarship and a consulting-engineering job behind him, he joined the Princeton faculty in 1960. He soon became the Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, and in 1990 was appointed director of the Program on Architecture and Engineering. Twice a visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, he transferred to emeritus status in 2010. Princeton awarded him an honorary degree in 2015.

Dave’s academic career was devoted to promoting engineering as an artistic as well as a technical discipline. This he did in 10 books and scores of journal articles, but most effectively in the classroom, where his popular undergraduate courses married engineering and the liberal arts. A former student said, “He was a fierce advocate for his students, a champion for women in engineering.” Countless awards recognized his teaching excellence.

With his wife, Phyllis, a fellow Fulbright in Belgium, he enjoyed concerts and their many friends in the Princeton community. Phyllis died in 2016.

Dave is survived by his brother, Jim ’50; six children including Elizabeth ’76 and Sarah ’90; and 11 grandchildren.

Undergraduate Class of 1950