Elpidio F. Olympio ’65

Elpidio was born in Lome, Togo, Aug. 5, 1940. He died Sept. 5, 2021, in Paris, where he was working, as well as in London, as an architect. 

He came to us from the Achimota School in Ghana and Rugby School in England and was a Togolese citizen. His father was the president of Togo and was assassinated while Elpidio was at Princeton. He majored in architecture, joined Charter Club, and played tennis and soccer. 

In 1967, he married the daughter of the president of Ivory Coast, Marie Houphouet Boigny, and showed an Ivory Coast address in later information. Elpidio did not keep in touch with the class since that period, and so we have no further information on him, but send our condolences to his family.