John D. Davies ’41

JOHN DIED May 8, 1994, after a brief illness of a coronary nature. He grew up in Detroit and pre­pared for Princeton at the Hotchkiss School. At Princeton, he roomed with James Burkham, Bill Lippincott, Brooks Wall, Tommy Longcope, Hugh Lewis, George Young, Peter Flynn, Royal Ferris, and Ralph Yardley. He majored in art and archaeology and was a member of Cottage Club.

After serving with the Marine Corps during WWII, John studied at Harvard, then earned master’s and doctorate degrees in American history from Yale. He taught at the Univ. of Minnesota and at Smith College, and in 1955, became editor of PAW. He served in that capacity until he retired in 1969.

He also wrote The Legend of Hobey Baker (Little, Brown, 1966) and Phrenology, Fad and Science: A 19th-cen­tury American Crusade (Yale Univ. Press, 1955), and wrote for Sports Illustrated, Horizon, and Harvard magazines.

He continued to live in Princeton after his retirement and was involved with and devoted to the university throughout his life. He is survived by a son, Horace A. II; a daughter, Carsten; and a brother, Thomas P. To them, the class extends its sincere sympathies.