Edmund D. Lucas Jr. ’32

Ted died on Feb. 6, 2001. He was 88 and had been in failing health for several years. After graduating from Mercersburg Academy, he started at Princeton with the intention of becoming an attorney. Forced to leave after a couple of years because of a family crisis, he finished his education at MIT, graduating as a physicist.

He then began a career in advertising and public relations which was cut short by WWII, in which he served in the Navy. After his discharge, he began another career in sales, which lasted for many years. He worked mostly in aerospace, where his technical education was very helpful.

In later years, his interests took him to computers and other high-tech information displays. Often, however, he returned to his first love, writing. He wrote mostly on technical subjects, but his body of work included several books of poetry and some fiction.

In addition to his wife Joan, he is survived by his daughters, Nancy Althoff, Peggy Caughlin, and Susan Bordeaux; two brothers, William and Robert; a sister, Nancy Lake; and a cousin, Dr. Robert Goheen (well known to Princetonians), to all of whom the class extends its condolences.

The Class of 1932