Harrison Hoblitzelle ’46

Hob died Nov. 22, 2001, at his home in Cambridge, Mass. A native of St. Louis, he graduated from St. Paul's School and entered Princeton in 1942, graduating with honors in public affairs in 1947. He enjoyed baseball, hockey, and rowing. He then earned his Ph.D. in comparative literature at Columbia U., and taught at Barnard and later at Brandeis U., where he was director of international programs.

In the 1950s and '60s, Hob led relief camps in the U.S., Haiti, and Europe for the American Friends Service Committee. He studied at Harvard Divinity School in the early 1970s, and became director of Greenhouse Inc., a mental health collective in Cambridge. He trained in Buddhist meditation and became a lay monk in the Tiep Hiep Order, teaching at Cambridge Insight and Meditation Center for 15 years.

In 1964 he married Olivia Ames, who survives him, as do their children, Ethan A. '88 and Laura, two grandchildren, and his brother, George K. '43. To all of them the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1946