Frederick G. Knight ’50

Fred, better known as “Snuffy” during his undergraduate years, died April 9, 2016, in New Mexico. He entered Princeton from Deerfield and was a member of Triangle Club, Theatre Intime, and Elm. He graduated with honors in psychology. His father, also Fred, was a member of the Class of 1916, and his brother, John, was in the Class of 1945.

He worked for Sun Oil for 15 years, first in sales in the Boston area and then in management training in Philadelphia. In 1965, he joined Xerox in Rochester, N.Y., as a management-development specialist. He spent 17 years with Xerox, ending up as manager of training and development for the western region in Santa Ana, Calif. He left Xerox in 1982 to form his own consulting company in Ruidoso, N.M., retiring in 1994 to teach communications at Eastern New Mexico University until 2014.

He is survived by four daughters, several grandchildren, and his brother. His wife of 49 years, Carol, died in 2011, and his son, Greg, died in 2004.