Edgar Mills Gemmell ’34

ED Gemmell, former administrative V.P. of the University, died peacefully after a long illness on Christmas night 1990. His friend Harold Dodds called him "the most expert public relations office that any university could boast," with "a rare, indeed unique, combination of proficiencies." After he retired in 1965, Ed served as a Consultant on organization and communication to a number of nonprofit institutions, including Princeton.

Gem was a former Class V. P. and 134's "resident intellectual." He won our Class Achievement Award in 1967, cited for his "leadership and creativity" in what he called "the persuasion business." He was instrumental in organizing and launching Annual Giving in 193940, and 50 years later he attended the fund's gala anniversary in Jadwin, which evoked many memories for him. He started the Princeton Today program, the FacultyAlumni forums on Alumni Day, University magazine, and the Princeton conference.

In 1979 he married Isabelle McIntyre Gemmell, a cousin, who survives. To a friend he wrote, "How many newlyweds among your acquaintances have known each other for sixplus decades?" We extend our sympathies to Ibby.

The Class of 1934