David Wachenfeld ’54

David died March 3, 2015. Born in Orange, N.J., he was a graduate of The Hill School. At Princeton, he majored in economics and was a member of Tiger Inn.

Dave joined the Navy and was assigned to the admiral’s staff in Ankara, Turkey. While there, he met and married Fernande in 1955.

On his discharge, he joined Citibank in the European, Middle East, and African divisions and spent the next 34 years working for the bank in Monrovia, New York, Beirut, Saudi Arabia, Paris, London, and Zurich. He retired in 1990 and built a home on the coast of South Carolina.

David earned a Ph.D. in marine biology in 1994 from the University of York.

The class is honored by his service to our country and sends condolences to his family.