Kenneth Glazier ’71

After living with Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia for several years, Ken died Oct. 16, 2025.

He grew up internationally, last attending the American School in Japan before Princeton. Ken majored in chemical engineering, belonged to Stevenson, and roomed with Bushong and West senior year in 1903 Hall. Ken fondly remembered performing at Lincoln Center with the Princeton concert band, entering famed Ivy football stadiums with the marching band, and preparing Princeton’s successful application for a Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering chapter.

Because of a low draft number, he accepted a commission in the Navy, where he dutifully but uncomfortably ordered on-shore bombardment that caused fatalities during Vietnam. Ken earned a law degree and MBA from Harvard in 1979 and began a career in the energy business. He worked mostly in oil and gas (noting the need for cleaner energy) and later switched to wind energy.

Ken enjoyed volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and serving as scoutmaster and choir member at his church. His sister remembers: “He was a very proud, independent, and private person” and “proud of being a Navy veteran.” He retired in 2016 to the Houston suburbs. With a progressive neurological impairment, he moved to a facility in Johnstown, Pa., where his sister Ginny Babal provided support in his last years, decorating his room with Princeton band and other memorabilia. The class extends its condolences to Ken’s family.