Roger W. Wescott ’46 *48

Roger died Nov. 21, 2000, at home in Southbury, Conn., where he lived in retirement with his wife of 55 years, Hilja. Born in Philadelphia, he came to Princeton from Exeter in July 1942 to major in English. He graduated summa cum laude in 1945 and earned his MA and PhD at Princeton in Oriental languages and literature in 1948. A Phi Beta Kappa, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and obtained an Oxford degree in 1952.

A master of history, sociology, anthropology, and linguistics, he taught at MIT, Boston U., Michigan, Southern Connecticut State, Wilson College, and Drew U. He hosted several radio programs, wrote over 180 articles, published 13 books, including The Divine Animal (Funk & Wagnalls, 1969), and lectured in many countries. At Drew from 1966-88, he established a popular anthropology course in "futuristics."

He is survived by Hilja and two sons, Walter and Wayne. To them the class extends its condolences.

The Class of 1946