Edwin Dusen Van Selden Jr. ’27

ED DIED July 26, 1992. "The Baron," as his many friends called him, grew up in Oil City, in a western Pennsylvania region where the name of Princeton had long been familiar. And he learned much about the campus from his relative John F. Selden '24, Prepping at Lawrenceville School tightened the bond, especially because of its closeness to Princeton athletics, particularly basketball. He became manager of the freshman team and wore Princeton's basketball insignia journalism always appealed to him, and he served on the TIGER board. He was a popular member of Cannon Club. On the campus and throughout his career, he was a loyal Episcopalian and Democrat.

Columbus, Ohio, was the scene of his career and his marriage, He worked as a rate expert for the Columbia Gas and Electric Company. He married Dorothy Fritz in Lancaster, Ohio, on Nov. 2, 1933. She graduated from the WardBelmont School in Nashville, Tenn. Ed enjoyed life in Ohio, became an active club man, served as secretary and treasurer of the Princeton Alumni Association of Central Ohio, and joined the University Club of Columbus and the Lancaster Country Club.

During WWII Ed served in the Army Air Force, became a major, and happily met 1927ers in England. Right after the war, lie joined the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, but he longed to return to Ohio, and he later joined (as a partner) an accounting firm in Columbus. His Princeton classmates join his friends and relatives in respectful memory,

The Class of 1927