Harper Follansbee ’37

The outstanding career of teacher Harp Follansbee, our class treasurer for two terms, came to an end May 20, 1995. He left his wife, Pat, whom he married in 1947; three sons, Harper Jr., Nathan, and Arthur; and six grandchildren.

At Shady Side Academy, Harp was president of the senior class, student council, and athletic council; editor-in-chief of the newspaper; and played varsity baseball three years (captain) and varsity soccer. At Princeton, he majored in psychology, graduating with high honors. He played baseball and soccer, was president of Westminster Society, was class secretary and treasurer, and a member of Cap & Gown.

He first tried the tar and chemical division of the Koppers Co. In 1940 he took up an apprenticeship in biology at Andover. This was interrupted by four and a half years in the Army. He rose from private to captain, ended up in the statistical division, replacement training command and received the army commendation ribbon.

At Andover, he was chairman of the biology department 1953-1974, and in 1958, he received the Science Teacher Achievement Recognition Star Award, given by the National Science Teachers Assn. He was a consulting editor for junior and senior high school texts in biology for Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.; instructor in biology for the Samuel Harvey Taylor Foundation; and collaborated on a lab and field exercise sourcebook for high school biology.

We have lost a wonderful man.

The Class of 1937