Michael B. Pulman ’60

Born in Liverpool, U.K., Mike attended St. Edward’s School in Oxford, then served in the U.K. Armed Forces before coming to the United States. He prepared for Princeton at Pomfret School in Connecticut. At Princeton, Mike played on the tennis team, debated at Whig-Clio, served on The Daily Princetonian, majored in history, and dined at Ivy Club.

On graduation Mike earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in history at U.C. Berkeley in 1964. His career began with six years of teaching history at Florida State University, both in Tallahassee and at its Florence, Italy, campus. He also became a U.S. citizen in 1968. He moved to the University of Denver, where he taught from 1970 until 1991, when he took early retirement and moved to Santa Fe, N.M.

Mike thrived in Santa Fe. He lived out his days there, active in civic life, and was particularly devoted for many years to the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, of which he said he was “almost” a founder and certainly was a very early president.

Mike died June 6, 2025. He was predeceased by his spouse, Eric Lindstrom, who died Feb. 11, 2024.