Francis Innes Gowen Coleman ’45

Fig died Dec. 8, 2014. He entered Princeton from Episcopal Academy and St. Paul’s School and became president of Ivy Club. At Princeton, he played varsity football and hockey, but his education was interrupted for service as an officer in Italy with the 2677th paratroopers, where he saw combat and was awarded the Silver Star. Returning to campus, he followed in the footsteps of his father, George Coleman 1913, and earned a Princeton degree in 1947. He entered a long and successful career at the CIA.

In 1957, Fig married Julia Montgomery Seymour, a widow who had worked for the Office of Strategic Services and the CIA. Fig adopted her two young sons, and he and Julia had two sons and a daughter of their own. The Colemans served in Rome, where Fig became chief-of-station. He later served as chief-of-station in Madrid, and retired from the CIA in 1975.

Julia died in 2007, and Fig’s health declined thereafter. He is survived by his stepsons, Peter and Christopher Seymour ’76; his daughter, Anne Coleman; his sons, Craig ’86 and Bruce Coleman; and 10 grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.