Lawrence Alan Haines ’45

Al Haines died in a retreat home in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 5, 2003, after an extended struggle with emphysema.

Al entered Princeton with the large group from Exeter, the son of Wilder Haines '15. A member of Court Club, Al left Princeton for service as a submarine officer based in New London, Conn. The Navy sent him to Cornell, where he completed his education in 1944, but was happy to have his degree awarded by Princeton in mechanical engineering.

Thereafter Al joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft as a design analytical engineer. After retirement from Pratt & Whitney, he volunteered to work in the state archives of Connecticut. Al traveled extensively abroad and was proud to have visited all of the US national parks. He had a strong interest in conservation and the environment.

Al never married but is survived by his sisters, Elizabeth Haines Goldwater and Benita Shaw, both of Cambridge, to whom the class expresses its sympathy.

The Class of 1945