Frederick D. Marquardt ’61

Fred died July 10, 2025, in Waxhaw, N.C., after a battle with cancer.

He came to Princeton from Monroeville, Pa., where he graduated from Turtle Creek High School. At Princeton, he took his meals at Wilson Lodge, majored in history, and was a member of the German Club and the Broken Arrow Club. He roomed with David Gay and David Kelly.

We are not sure about the next 10 or so years of his life, but in 1973 he earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, then teaching at the University of Michigan before joining the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He taught there until his retirement, when he moved to North Carolina to be near his sister, Anita.

At Syracuse he was appointed a Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence and was known for strict grading, but comments abound extolling his undergraduate teaching, almost always coupled with a grudging appreciation for his refusal to compromise his standards. One former student described him as “the most difficult, yet fairest, teacher I have ever had.”

He is survived by his sister, Anita, and her spouse, Tom Toth.