Roger A. Calsibet ’40

Roger died at home in Davidson, N.C., on Nov. 14, 2000. His wife of 58 years, Shirley Maud Harris, was to outlive him by just a few months before she died on Feb. 9, 2001. Roger used to say that they had spent their lifetimes together; he and Shirley were classmates in first grade through high school, marrying upon his graduation from Princeton.

After graduating (AB in chemistry), Roger joined Union Carbide at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa., as a research associate. During WWII he served two years as an officer in the Navy. After the war, he resumed his career with Union Carbide as a marketing specialist and manager. He was an active member of a number of professional, athletic and Princeton clubs in the various locations his career took him.

His interests were broad -- reading, theater, dance, music, fishing, sailing, and mobile-making -- but his greatest love was reserved for his family, his church, and the time he spent with Shirley at their "beloved Interlochen lakeside home."

It is to Roger's daughters, Jill C. Persichetti, Carol C. Drosdeck, Barbara C. Hess, Linda C. Troutman, their husbands, and his seven grandchildren that his classmates extend their heartfelt condolences.

The Class of 1940