Raymond J. Yatko ’63

Ray died March 14, 2016, in Grapevine, Texas, of sepsis.

A computer expert (“a mainframe/dinosaur guy,” he said), Ray earned a master’s degree in computer science at New York University in 1987 and worked for IBM until recent years.

“In my retirement I continue to play with all manner of wonderful computers and their residuals,” he wrote in our 50th book. “There is never a dull moment and [I] have not ever considered giving up this joy for anything else.”

Ray was an avid tennis player, marathoner (he did eight, his goal being one for each year of smoking), yoga participant, lover of literature (especially Shakespeare), and a clever writer with dry humor. Ruminations over the years included thoughts on the city of his roots, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he directed that his ashes be buried. Similarly, he never quite recovered from the Princeton experience, for which he had everlasting respect.

Arriving at Princeton from Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, Ray graduated with honors in psychology and played football. He worked at Commons, ate at Cannon, and won a Henry Clay Stewart Scholarship his senior year.

The class sends its sympathy to his beloved partner, Cindy Guevara; his sons, Nick and Tim; grandchildren Cecilia and Cyril; and cousin Mark Biros ’70.