Haugan Weld Figgis ’45

Haugan Weld Figgis died Apr. 26, 1995, at Leelanau Memorial Hospital Care Center in Michigan, after a battle with cancer.

Fig, after enrolling in M.I.T., transferred to Princeton in the fall of 1941, joining our large Lawrenceville contingent. Fig's Princeton career, as was the case with many of his classmates, was terminated early on by service as a lieut. in the Air Force, where he served as a fighter pilot in the European theater, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He did not return to Princeton after the war, but received his degree from M.I.T. and asked that his name be removed from the university rolls. Accordingly, the class lost contact with him.

He married Hope Delbridge, who survives along with two daughters, Maggie Figgis and Jan Ellen Dahlheim; as well as a son, Robert F.; a brother, John M.; and two grandchildren.

The class regrets that the combination of military service and graduation from a different alma mater caused loss of contact with this classmate after his departure from Princeton. We extend our sincere sympathies to his family.

The Class of 1945