Roger Gustavsson ’52

We learned of Roger’s death only now, although it occurred three years ago on Aug. 31, 2016. His daughter, Marka, told us, “He so valued his undergraduate years there. The experience transformed him. The son of Swedish immigrants, he was the first in his family to go to college, and he went on to pursue a Ph.D. in philosophy at Yale (1963).”

Roger graduated from Schurz High School in Chicago. At Princeton he majored in philosophy and ate at Prospect.

His entry in The Book of Our History is unusually detailed in its report of teachers and courses he had as well as on noted persons who spoke on campus during his time with us. Roger spent his own years of teaching philosophy to undergraduates, especially at DePauw University.

Roger is survived by Marka and his wife, Louise. To them we send the class’s condolences, together with our pleasure in our classmate’s well-spent life.