George Hilary Paff ’52 *58

After a two-month hospitalization, George Paff died Dec. 28, 1997, of complications from a staph infection in Lakeland [Fla.] Regional Medical Center. Exploratory surgery had revealed no recurrence of lung cancer, which previously had been surgically removed. His wife, Charlotte, stepchildren, and friends joined together for an informal remembrance of his good humor and loving support of his extended family.

For years George had been one of our "missing" classmates. But through the good offices of Barry Cruickshank and George's roommate of four years, Dave Rowley, he was reunited with the class in Aug. 1996. George majored in mechanical engineering, was a regular NROTC student, and belonged to Dial Lodge. A superior student, he returned to Princeton after three years on active duty, and received his MSE in 1958. George worked for Esso in Libya and Iran and in the same R&D group with Dave in Tulsa. He moved to Lakeland, Fla., in 1972. He and Charlotte Reeve were married in 1980.

George is survived by Charlotte, his sister Margaret Hart, and three stepdaughters, Catherine Davis, Mary Ann Reeve, and Christine Reeve. George's support for Christine after her father's death led her to Duke and finally a PhD in clinical psychology. We extend to them our deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1952