Michael G. Molyneux ’76

Mike died Feb. 18, 2025, at home in Massachusetts, of complications suffered from multiple falls.

Born and raised in Queens, N.Y., Mike graduated from Regis High School. At Princeton, he majored in history and was a member of Dial Lodge. Committed to a career in journalism, Mike served as editorial page editor of The Daily Princetonian and was an important voice on the paper’s managing board. Mike’s classmates and roommates remember him fondly as a kind, gentle soul, always self-effacing, modest, and unassuming.

After graduation, he obtained a master’s degree in journalism at Stanford, where he roomed with his college friend Sandy McLanahan.

Mike worked for 23 years as a copy editor for The New York Times before shifting career direction to obtain a certificate in philanthropy from Boston University. He worked nine years as executive director of the Charity Guild in Brockton and volunteered at the Sharon Rotary Club.

Mike enjoyed Reunions. He wrote in his 25th-reunion essay, “I met my wife, Lisa Matthews, as a Princeton classmate. We crossed paths at our fifth reunion and at our 10th, marrying a year later. We have three terrific children, Paul, Thomas, and Emily.” Mike and Lisa raised the children for 18 years in Darien, Conn., before moving the family in 2005 to Sharon, Mass. Mike retired in 2017, and he and Lisa moved to Fox Hill Village in Westwood.

Mike had a passion for running marathons, twice in New York City (1981 and 1989) and once in London (1982). Always a wordsmith, he was an avid crossword puzzle enthusiast, playing at tournament level. He enjoyed summers and ski holidays with his family in Sunapee, N.H.

The class officers extend sincere condolences to his wife, Lisa Matthews ’76; children; and extended family.