F. Hayden Bradford ’44

Brad died July 14, 2019, in Highland Park, Ill. He was 97.

He entered Princeton from Mount Herman School, where he was active in hockey, football, and tennis, and was also a member of the National Honor Society and the National Athletic Scholarship Society.

At Princeton Brad majored in history, was on the hockey team and on the executive committee of the rugby team, was vice president of the University Press Club, and belonged to Dial Lodge.

During World War II he was a 3-29 navigator in the Air Force.

He was a United Press correspondent and managing editor of newspapers in Kalispel, Mont., and Carbondale, Ill., before becoming city editor for 31 years in Springfield, Ill., where he took the newsroom into the digital age.

Brad was predeceased by his wife of 69 years, Carol. He is survived by his daughter, Anne Fyk, and her husband, Walter; and grandson Michael.