Norman Strax ’57

Norm died of prostate cancer in NYC. He was 66. Born in Brooklyn and raised in NYC and Long Island, he played the banjo and developed a love for open space and the sea.

His major at Princeton was physics, and he sang in the Glee Club, roomed senior year with Les Blatt, and spent a summer at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Norm continued his education at Harvard, achieving a master's and PhD in physics. His dream was to teach physics and live in a cabin in the woods, which he did for awhile.

A vehement anti-Vietnam War protester, he led a group in the Oct. 1967 march on the Pentagon, sat with protesters at Columbia in 1968, and protested at the Democratic Convention in Chicago, ending up in jail for these and other activities.

Difficult financial years followed, during which, in good fortune, he found his wife, Jacqueline. Prostate cancer was discovered in 1991, which had metastasized, and he became disabled. His wife and he labored together to fight this disease, but in the end he succumbed. He asked that the class be aware that the Classmate Fund gave him peace of mind at the end.

He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline; his sisters, Polly, Gail, and Rita; brothers Marshall and Richard; and stepchildren Helen and Matthew Taylor. The class sends its sincere condolences.

The Class of 1957