Philip S. Burr ’52

Flip came to Princeton from Exeter, majored in French, joined Court Club, and played club sports. He roomed with Steve Harris, Robert Middleton, “Moose” Joline, and Joe Parry. After a brief time at Ohio State he served in the Air Force from 1953 until 1956, leaving with the rank of first lieutenant, and served in the Air Force Reserve in 1968, separating as a captain.

Flip was employed at IBM until 1987 as an engineer of command and control systems, working on many classified projects. He later joined Titan Corp. as a senior engineer until 1995.

For the Book of Our History, Flip wrote an engaging message about himself that includes a ranked list of his life experiences that exhibits his engineer’s taste for quantifying. He died Nov. 22, 2013, and leaves his wife, Sidney; and children Cindy, Philip, and Susanna. To them, the class offers good wishes and shared regret at the death of our classmate and their husband and father.