Roger A. Wilson ’52

Roger graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, N.J. At Princeton he majored in chemical engineering, joined Prospect and was chairman of the club’s permanent improvements committee, and served on the bicker committee. He was assistant editor of the Princeton Engineer and joined the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He roomed with Don Kahn.

His military service was in the Army Security Agency at Fort Devens, Mass. Afterward he joined the Dupont Co. for a career in several parts of the company, including the explosives department, then the Dacron plant, and finally the Benger Laboratory in Waynesboro, N.C., from which he retired. Roger was active in Hope Community Church of Waynesboro as a deacon and elder and sang in the choir.

Roger died July 10, 2017. He is survived by his wife, Helen; son Bruce; daughter Janet; and twin sister Grace Millspaugh. The class offers condolences to his family and thanks for Roger’s Army service to the nation.