Donald A. Cleaves ’41

Don, one of our most loyal classmates, died on Oct. 31, just 10 days after attending the Harvard game with his son, Gerard '76.

Don came to Princeton from Montclair [N.J.] H.S., majored in modern languages, roomed with Bill Marlow, and joined Gateway Club.

Going directly into the Coast Guard after graduation, he was assigned to the Coast Guard supply depot in Brooklyn and left as a chief petty officer.

After WWII, Don spent five years teaching in public and private schools, then 10 years in the insurance business before returning to his first love, teaching. He retired from Point Pleasant [N.J.] H.S. in 1985 but continued teaching and taking students on tours through Germany for the Central Jersey Christian School, Asbury Park, N.J.

Very active in the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Assn., he moved there 15 years ago.

Predeceased by his wife, Cathlene Valk, Don is survived by his sons, Donald W., Gerard W. *76, and David J. '78, two sisters, Charlotte Cole and Barbara Hegge, as well as five grandchildren.

The Class of 1941