Julian Civighton ’26

JULIAN CREIGHTON was, above all else, a scholar. He studied at Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. He spent 26 years in the N.Y. State Architect's office and retired as senior architect. He died at age 87 on Sept. 22, 1990, after a protracted illness, in a rest home near his residence in Renssalaerville, N.Y.

Elizabeth, his widow, wrote of Julian: "Throughout the years his interest in languages never flagged. He continued to read Latin and Greek and kept up with contemporary French, Italian, and German writers. He wrote something almost every day: thoughts on some subject, comments on events and scenery, and frequently poems. Never for print.

"He had spells when he painted water colors, and others when his interest in music was intense, even to the point of trying to compose for piano, But always the reading and writing went on."

Julian is survived by Elizabeth, whom he married in 1945, daughters, Julia and Virginia; son, Donald '57; and four grandchildren. We who knew him share their grief in the loss of this extraordinary man.

The Class of 1926