Donald Paul Dickson ’49

The class and the university lost a stellar person when Don died on Dec. 12, 2000. He was 77.

Don came to Princeton from James Madison H.S. in his hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y., and after three years of service in the Coast Guard during WWII. At Princeton he majored in the Woodrow Wilson School. He graduated magna cum laude while completing his degree in three years. He was a member of Cap and Gown Club. In his second year he married Georganna Dean, whom he had met in Chancellor Green Library, in the Princeton Chapel. Their first son was baptized there the day Don graduated. They later had three more sons.

During his successful business career in Cincinnati, New Jersey, and New York he served as class agent for AG, class president, and in 1977 as chair of the Alumni Council. After his heart attack forced him to retire to farm life in Pomfret, Conn., he remained as active as his health would allow.

Don is survived by his loving wife, Georganna, four sons, John, Peter, David, and Andrew, and 10 grandchildren. The class and the entire Princeton community express their sympathy to them.

The Class of 1949