Harrison Shull ’44

Harry died at home in Monterey, Calif., July 28, 2003.

His father, George, was a professor of biology and genetics at Princeton. Harry attended Princeton High and, like three of his brothers, enrolled in the University. He graduated in 1943 with first group honors as Latin salutatorian and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

His military career was principally at the Naval Research Laboratory in DC as an ensign. He earned a PhD in chemistry at Berkeley and did postdoctoral work at the U. of Chicago. He taught at Iowa State U. until he went to Uppsala U. in Sweden on a Guggenheim fellowship.

For the major part of his life he was chemistry chair at Indiana U., Bloomington, rising to dean of the graduate school and vice president. He served as provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1979 until he became chancellor at the U. of Colorado at Boulder in 1982, and then served as vice president of the Monterey Naval Postgraduate School from 1985 until retiring in 1995. As for Princeton, he served on its chemistry advisory council.

He is survived by his wife, Willa, seven children, and 10 grandchildren. His classmates convey their greatest respect for his life achievements.

The Class of 1944