Gardner R. Cunningham ’45

Gardner Cunningham died on May 15, 2001, at a nursing home in Doylestown, Pa., with his family at his side. He suffered a stroke six years before, and his health steadily declined. Born in Rochester, N.Y., Maj entered Princeton with the large Lawrenceville contingent and roomed in Hill, joining Cap and Gown. Maj served in the Army as an officer with the 13th Armored Division. He then took a degree in 1946 in economics cum laude and served for two years as assistant dean of admissions for the university. He married the former Charlotte R. Nelson in 1948 and joined the William Zinsser Co. in New York. Maj became president and CEO of Zinsser, manufacturers of surface coatings and polymers. Maj served on the board of the Kent Place School in Summit, N.J. He became interested in the Skytop Lodge resort in the Poconos of Pennsylvania, where he maintained a home and served as president of the Pocono Hotels Corp.

In addition to Charlotte, Maj is survived by sons Gardner R. Jr. '76 and Todd, by daughters Shelley, Tracy Lobur, and Kim, and by five grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1945