Ray F. Chirurgi ’52

Ray died April 7, 2015.

He joined the class from Yonkers (N.Y.) High School, where he was a star athlete. At Princeton, Ray played varsity baseball and was captain of the team. He majored in economics, joined Cannon, and roomed with Herb Hedick and Robert Brenner.

After graduation, Ray entered the Army for two years and earned the rank of lieutenant. He worked as a credit manager with Johns-Manville from 1956 until 1990. The company moved him and his family to Pennsylvania and eventually to California, where he lived for the last 41 years of his life.

Ray married Mary Ann Arnone (they later divorced) and had three children, Valerie, Lisa, and Lynda. They survive him, along with five grandchildren. The class offers sympathy to them all and appreciation of his military service for our country.