Dodds Ireton Buchanan ’53

Bon vivant, poet, professor, rancher, sportsman, devoted husband and father, Dodds died Nov. 22, 1997, after a valiant battle with cancer. He and his wife, Claire, had only recently returned from a happy trip to Santa Fe, N.Mex.

Before entering Princeton, Dodds attended the Kent School and Rice U. He was treasurer of Charter Club and belonged to the 21 Club. He was a member of the Senior Council and the Varsity Club, chairman of the Undergraduate Schools Committee, and v.p. of the Republican Club. Senior year he roomed with Dave Grozier, who predeceased him, and Joe Carragher. Dodds received his master's at Harvard and after three years overseas with Army intelligence, he got his PhD at M.I.T.

Deepest sympathy to his wife, Claire Lindgren-Buchanan; his children, David, Stephen, Helen Elizabeth, Eugene, Catherine Buchanan-Reinitz, and Bruce George; his stepchildren, John Christopher Lindgren, Douglas Harry Lindgren, and Ann-elise Lindgren; sister, the Rev. Daphne Grimes, and brother, George S. Jr. '56. Joe Carragher and Dodds were iron-bound roommates, and their close friendship remained unbroken throughout the years. When Joe said, "I shall miss him," he spoke for all of us.

The Class of 1953