Ralph A. Ranald *62

Ralph A. Ranald, a professor of English at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York, died Sept. 24, 2006, of a heart attack. He was 75.

Ranald received a bachelor’s in 1952 from UCLA, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received a master’s there in 1954 before earning a master’s and Ph.D. from Princeton. He then taught at Fordham and NYU before joining CUNY, where he taught for more than 30 years. While at Princeton, he was a student of Willard Thorp *26 and Richard P. Blackmur, who recommended him for a Carnegie fellowship to study at Harvard Law School prior to receiving his doctorate.

A contributing life member of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, Ranald was an active graduate alumnus. He served on the alumni schools committee, and was a frequent attendee at APGA honorific dinners, Alumni Day, and Reunions.

During his active military service from 1953 to 1956, he was a paratrooper, and rose to the rank of colonel in the Army Reserve. He was awarded the Legion of Merit in 1983.

In 1997, he also earned a law degree at Fordham University Law School.

Ranald is survived by his wife, Margaret, whom he married in 1955, a daughter, and a grandson.