Richard D. Challener ’44

Dick died on Sept. 23, 2002. A Hill School graduate, he majored in history and the divisional program in the humanities; he was a member of Campus Club and Whig Clio, and the winner of the freshman honor prize. He roomed with Roe, Sands, Martin, and Schmertz.

After service in the Army in Europe, winning significant service awards and medals, he returned to Princeton to graduate and to remain there as a teacher for 51 years; his doctorate was from Columbia.

Dick's specialty was American diplomatic and military history; he was chair of the history department, associate dean of the college, and clerk of the faculty. He chaired the committee on Canadian studies. His books include The French Theory of the Nation in Arms 1866-1940, and Admirals, Generals and American Foreign Policy 1898-1914. He served on the boards of the local Riverside School, The Hun School (as chair), and Stuart School, and as a Middle States commissioner. He was elected honorary member of the Class of '94.

He is survived by Martha, his wife of 55 years, three children, Catherine, Elisbeth, and Daniel, and three grandchildren. His classmates will miss him.

The Class of 1944