Isaac Starr Jr. ’44

Isaac Starr Jr. died in Philadelphia of an apparent heart attack on May 24, 1997. He was 74.

A graduate of Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, he majored in biology at Princeton and was a member of Cloister Inn. He also sang with the university Glee Club.

Ike left Princeton in 1943 to enter the Army. During his service he became a radar operator in the infantry and spent eight months overseas as a cannoneer and rifleman in General Patton's Third Army. After being discharged in 1945, Ike returned to Princeton, graduating with an AB in June 1947. For the next two years he studied music in Italy and France. Ike's piano studies were hampered by an accident as a teenager that cost him part of a finger.

Ike spent the rest of his life in Philadelphia with occasional trips abroad. He became a well-known eccentric in the U. of Pennsylvania environs. Often he could be seen at the local bookstore, where his loyal attendance earned him a company shirt.

Ike is survived by a twin sister, Vidal, and two brothers, Harold and Lynford. We extend our deepest sympathy to them.

The Class of 1944