Homer H. Haggard ’40

Homer died June 16, 2006.

He was home-schooled while his family lived in Malpaso, Peru, where his father was associated with Cerro de Pasco Copper Co. He later prepared at Raymond Riordan School and Potsdam (N.Y.) High School. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, attaining Second Group Honors, and was a member of Elm Club.

Homer subsequently earned a master's and a doctorate in organic chemistry from Pennsylvania State University.

During World War II, he was drafted by the government to do research on explosives and other war-related equipment. In 1946, he joined the research department at Hercules Inc. in Wilmington, Del. After his marriage to Jane Ryan in 1951, he was assigned to a four-year sales residency in São Paulo, Brazil. Returning to Wilmington, he spent the rest of his career mostly in sales until his early retirement in 1977.

Homer was a proficient golfer who won many amateur titles and served on the rules committees of the U.S. Golf, Delaware State, and Philadelphia golf associations; and was president of Hercules Country Club.

Homer also was a member of the Princeton Club of New York, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Phi Kappa Phi.

His classmates extend sincere sympathies to Jane Ryan Haggard, his wife of 55 years, and several cousins.