Gordon J. Welsh ’49

Gordon died Feb. 14, 2016, in Santa Paula, Calif., his residence for the past 35 years.

Born in Minneapolis in 1925, he joined the Army in August 1943, serving in the 26th Infantry Division as a staff sergeant. Wounded twice, he was released from the Army in September 1945 and came to Princeton at that time. He roomed at 142 1903 Hall with his brother, Charles ’48, and majored in geology, and was a member of Key and Seal. We knew him as “Buzz.” Other than his plans to do graduate work in geology after graduating, we know very little about his subsequent life.

In 1964 his reported address was in Mission Hills, Calif., where he was working for Sun Oil Co. (later Sunray DX) as a geologist. In 1974 he was still with Sun, now in Houston, but listed as a professor/geologist. He then moved to California, presumably after retiring.

Gordon’s first wife, Marilyn Hartman, died in 1971. His second wife, June Pendleton, died in 2009. His daughter, Jennifer, survives him, as do his brother Charles and June’s three children. To them, we offer our sincere condolences.