H. Chandlee Forman ’26

CHANDLER FORMAN, noted for his architectural research and writings on early America, died Mar. 18,1991, at his home in Easton, Md.

Chandlee earned an M.A. in architecture and a Ph.D. in fine arts at U.Penn. Chandlee's distinguished career began in the early 1930s with pioneering discoveries on early American settlements at Jamestown, Va., and St. Mary's City, Md. He served as chief architect of the U.S. Natl. Park Service Jamestown Archaeological Project and was the author of 14 books primarily on 17th, 18th, and early 19thcentury homes. Chandlee headed the art dept. of Agnes Scott College, 194753. Summering at Nantucket, Chandlee wrote on Nantucket's unusual whale houses. He later reconstructed a i67o home in Easton, and donated it with his collections, as an educational museum.

Chandlee served three times as president of the Eastern Shore Princeton Alumni Assn. In 1974, he received the Class of 1926 Achievement Award.

We extend our deep sympathy to his widow, Rebecca, to a daughter and son of a prior marriage, Elizabeth and Richard, and to eight grandchildren.

The Class of 1926