Fraser Barron ’59

A fierce and determined battle ended on December 13, 1999, when Fraser Barron died of cancer. He had fought the disease for seven years.

Born in Orange, N.J., where he attended Columbia High School, Fraser burst upon Princeton in 1955.   Playing baseball, rugby, 150-lb. football, wrestling, serving as a chapel deacon, joining Whig-Clio, serving on the keycept steering committee, and serving as vice-chairman of the Orange Key Undergraduate Schools Committee, he gave and took full measure.   Although he grew disenchanted with the changing face of Princeton, he never wavered in his fierce loyalty to his club, Tiger Inn, and the many friends he counted among his classmates, all of whom returned his friendship in kind.

Fraser's career centered around Washington politics.   After receiving a law degree from Harvard in 1962, he served on the congressional affairs staff of HEW.   A brief turn in OEO congressional relations work for Sargent Shriver was followed by campaign work for Robert Kennedy.   He published and edited a public affairs newsletter, served as assistant to the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and spent the last several years with Cassidy & Associates, a public affairs firm.   Art and European travel were his passions.

Over 250, among whom were 12 classmates, attended a requiem mass for Fraser in January.   He is survived by his mother, Frances, and three brothers.

The Class of 1959