Donald Graves Fudge ’25 *27

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Don Fudge was born in Elmira, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1904, and died there Dec. 16, 1997. He prepared at Elmira Academy. At Princeton he was on the track squad and was a member of Tiger Inn. He graduated with highest honors in architecture, and earned his master's at Princeton Graduate College in 1927. He practiced in NYC for several years, opening his own office in Elmira in 1935. He designed many schools, office buildings, and homes in the southern tier of New York state, retiring in 1983.

He was a loyal and active member of the class. He was a member of Kiwanis and the Architects Institution of America and was a vestryman in the Elmira Episcopal Church.

He was predeceased by his brother, Russell '23, and is survived by his wife of 49 years, Rita, daughters Linda Kenney and Lisa Frichey, two grandchildren, and sister Marjory Smith.

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