Edwin Daisley Thatcher ’36

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Ed died Apr. 7, 1998, of cancer. He was 83. A graduate of Brooklyn Friends School, at Princeton he majored in architecture and was a member of Colonial Club. In 1942 he entered the Officer Training School of the Marine Corps.

He opened his own office in NYC in 1947 and was a member of several societies in his field. He spent many years studying ancient methods of heating and ventilating. In 1953 he was awarded a fellowship by the Guggenheim Foundation to help him in his study of ancient Roman methods of radiant heating by means of warm air. Most of his architectural work was in the field of designing commercial and residential buildings.

Ed is survived by his wife, Paula. He will be remembered by his friends and classmates.

The Class of 1936

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