Jameson W. Doig *61

Jameson Doig, professor emeritus of politics at Princeton, died Oct. 19, 2019, at the age of 86.

Doig earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Dartmouth in 1954 before joining the Navy for three years. He received an MPA degree from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School in 1958, and a master’s degree in 1959 and Ph.D. in 1961, both in politics. He was hired as an assistant professor of politics and at the Wilson School, and was promoted to full professor in 1970. He became emeritus in 2004.

He served as chair of the politics department and held other posts, including associate dean of the Wilson School. Doig was the parliamentarian of the University faculty for 15 years and a member of committees that created new programs.

He wrote books in the transportation field, and his expertise included federalism, constitutional law, and U.S. and Canadian politics. He served on many governmental advisory committees and was a policy consultant at state, regional, and national levels. His students remember him for his dedicated mentorship. Faculty colleagues knew him “as an extremely dedicated teacher” and as “a genial and gracious man.”

Doig is survived by his wife, Joan; three children; one granddaughter; and one great-granddaughter.

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