Donald W. Drews ’48

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Don was born Sept. 23, 1923, and died Nov. 22, 2017, in Sunnyvale, Calif.

He and Aida Mae married in Windsor, Ontario, in June 1953. They were parents of four children: Barbara, Janet (who died in 2015), John, and Mary.

Don graduated from Princeton with high honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He worked in marine-engineering design and management in California for Westinghouse and for Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical. He was a devoted churchman, a leader as an elder in church councils, and a church choir director.

Paw in print

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The cover of PAW’s February 2025 issue, featuring a photo of Frank Stella leaning back with his hands behind his head.