Huston T. Simmons ’61

We lost Huston Nov. 10, 2013, in Washington, D.C., after a brave battle with lung cancer. He was the son of career diplomat John Farr Simmons 1913.

Born in Ottawa, Canada, Huston grew up in Latin America and Washington, where he graduated from St. Albans School.

Huston’s career was as a producer/writer of TV documentaries for NBC, CBS, and PBS. He received the much-coveted Peabody Award for his documentary, Whatever Happened to El Salvador?

At Princeton, he majored in French. He roomed senior year with Tom Pulling and Andy Supplee. His main non-academic pursuits were the Glee Club and Choir, which led to a lifelong love of music, particularly of choral performance, where he sang bass. He was an avid recorder player as well. He also learned to fly at the Princeton Flying Club, which was another great passion of his, and in retirement became part of the Angel Flight Group, devoting much of his time to helping patients in need of urgent medical transport.

He is survived by his wife, Gaële; daughters Julie ’92 and Sophie, by a previous marriage; and four grandchildren. His brothers, John ’59 and Malcolm ’67, are deceased.