Julian L. Nugent Jr. ’37

Globe trotter, US foreign service officer, and lawyer Julian Nugent died June 23, 2000. He is survived by a daughter, Joan. His wife, Janet, and another daughter, Julie, predeceased him.

Julian came to Princeton from Lawrenceville and on graduation went into diplomatic service as vice-consul in Mexico City and in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, before he became second secy. at the US Embassy in Santiago, Chile. He then was transferred to Karochi, India. Before 1968, he was also in Pakistan, Australia (first secy.), Canada, Buenos Aires, Argentina (counselor for political affairs), where he remarked that the streets lined with orange trees reminded him of Princeton, Asuncion, Paraguay (counselor of embassy), and Washington, DC. He then turned to law, mostly in criminal litigation until he retired in 1984 because of worsening asthma.

He did a great deal of prisoner assistant work and enjoyed horseback riding and canoeing.

The Class of 1937