Marshall H. Noble ’44

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Marsh died on Jan. 8, 2002, in New London, Conn. He came to Princeton from Culver Academy and majored in engineering. He was a member of Charter Club.

After serving with the Army Special Forces, he did graduate work at Yale and at Cornell and became a career Foreign Service officer with the State Dept., with postings in Burma, Saigon, and the Hague; he was deputy chief of mission in Luxembourg. He later did admission counseling for State Dept. applicants. Marsh was treasurer of the Stonington [Conn.] Visiting Nurses Assn. and treasurer and president of the Wadawanuck Yacht Club.

At the request of his widow, Carolie, classmate Bill Soons sang "Going Back" at the services at Calvary Church in New London. To her, his two stepsons, three stepdaughters, and 13 grandchildren, his classmates express their sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1944

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