Grant Sanger ’31

GRANT suffered a heart attack and died on Dec. 12, 1989, while dining with friends at the Harvard Club in Manhattan. The loss of any classmate is always regrettable, but never more so than in the case of one who gave so much of himself in service to his Class and Princeton.

After graduation, Grant entered Cornell Univ. Medical College, graduating in 1935. After an internship at Bellevue Hospital and residency in surgery at Presbyterian Hospital, he joined the Navy in Dec., 1941, and served in the Pacific on an aircraft carrier, and on an LST Hospital Ship, taking part in two Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns. At the end of the war, he was discharged with the rank of commander and joined the Mt. Kisco Medical Group as its first surgeon. In 1955, he returned to the Presbyterian Hospital and attained the rank of associate professor of surgery. He retired in 1973.

Grant's overwhelming devotion to his Class and to Princeton is indicated by the many ways he served. He has been Class president and secretary, chairman of the Alumni Council Executive Committee, Regional Class V.P., and V.P. of the National Alumni Assoc. Grant was a member of the 1931 150-pound crew, and continued to support rowing over the years. He was active in fundraising, and served as president of the Princeton Rowing Assoc. He leaves a void hard to fill.

Surviving are his wife, Edwina; sons, Michael, Alexander, and Morgan; and daughter, Anne. May their loss seem less heavy because it is shared by so many.