Donald McCabe ’66

The class lost a valued member and the country lost a leading authority on academic ethics when Don died Sept. 17, 2016; his 50th wedding anniversary; after a six-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy.

Don followed his father, Thomas ’35, to Princeton after graduating from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, N.J. He joined Cannon Club, majored in chemistry, and played interclub sports.

After graduation Don earned an MBA in marketing from Seton Hall University and worked for some 20 years in the industry. In 1985 he received a Ph.D. in management from New York University and joined the faculty of the Rutgers Graduate School of Management.

His academic career was spectacular. He was professor of management and global business at Rutgers University and earned recognition as the nation’s leading authority on ethics in academia, lecturing, and publishing, and was consulted widely on the subject. Don was the founder of the Center for Academic Integrity. When he retired in 2012, Rutgers and the Institute for Ethical Leadership honored him with an academic-integrity award in his name.

Don is survived by his wife, Dorothy; children Melissa, Thomas ’91, and Elizabeth; six grandchildren; brother Rick; and sisters Colleen and Erin. The class extends its heartfelt condolences to them.