James F. Hazen ’57

Jim died July 18, 2025, in Las Vegas.

He came to Princeton from Upper Arlington High School in Columbus, Ohio. Jim majored in English, worked on The Daily Princetonian, was a member of Whig-Clio, and joined Key & Seal Club. He was on the club bicker committee, served as club treasurer, and played intramural football, squash, and softball. Senior year he roomed with Dale Busch, Jim Canniffe, Charlie Cookson, Ed Katz, Norm Rousseau, and Jim Youngelson. In our 10th-reunion yearbook he observed that at college he became interested in many subjects of which he was not aware of when he arrived.

An ROTC student, Jim served at Fort Sill and Fort Knox after graduation, attaining the rank of first lieutenant. Thereafter he obtained his Ph.D. in English at the University of Wisconsin and married a Swarthmore alumna and fellow Ph.D., Lynn Shuford. They had two children, Charles and Jessica. Jim then taught three years at Yale, became an assistant professor at the St. Louis University, and finally settled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He spent the rest of his career there, becoming a full professor and head of the English department, while publishing numerous articles and books about Victorian authors, as well as some of his own poetry and short stories. He taught both freshman and graduate students with zest.

Jim believed in the joys and love that came from family and friends, from both classical and popular music, and from the way that Princeton and his classmates enriched his life.

Jim was predeceased by his wife, Lynn. He is survived by his two children and two grandchildren.