Don Cargos Travis ’33

Don Travis died Mar. 1, 1996, in Austin, Tex., where he had lived for many years. His eyesight and his hearing had both been in decline for some time, but he remained active and in good spirits to the end.

Don grew up in Kenosha, Wis., and after a year at Culver in 1928, graduated from Kenosha Senior H.S. and entered Princeton in 1929.

Don spent junior year in France and received his diploma in 1934, although he always thought of himself as a member of our class. After graduation from Princeton, he did graduate work at the U. of Wisconsin and earned an MA in 1935 and ultimately a PhD.

Don was fluent in German and spent 81/2 years in Germany for various agencies of the US government during and after WWII. After the war Don taught Germanic languages at the U. of Texas and had attained the rank of associate professor when he retired in 1972. He was well known not only for his language courses but also for the courses in modern Germanic art and literatures and for his remarkable library covering these subjects.

In 1936 he married Nevanna Tsanoff; she survives him as do their two sons, Andrew and Neven. To her and to them, we extend our sympathies.

The Class of 1933