John E. Seaman ’54

John Seaman died in his sleep Dec. 28, 2013, at his home in San Diego.

Born in Denver, Colo., John graduated from South Denver High School. At Princeton, he was an English major and a member of Charter Club, Orange Key, and the S.C.A. Committee. He served as chairman of S.C.A.’s Jamesburg Committee. He married his high-school sweetheart, Nancy Ross, at the end of his junior year and lived off campus.

After graduating, he served two years in the Army and then earned a Ph.D. in English at Stanford. John became a noted authority on John Milton and devoted himself to scholarship. His first teaching post was at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, then Colorado State, and finally as chairman of the English department at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., where he remained for almost 40 years.

In later life, he married Hannah Yin, a medical doctor from China, and moved to San Diego, where he began to write fiction.

He is survived by his wife, four children, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The class is honored by his service to our country and sends condolences to his family.