Roman J. Kutsky ’44 *46

Roman died Nov. 2, 2006, in Vancouver, Wash., at 84. He loved studying and research.

Born in Allentown, Pa., Roman prepped at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, was on the dean’s list, and was a member of the International Relations Club, Catholic Club, and Gateway Club.

Many of us knew him as “Joe,” from his middle name, Joseph. After his 1944 graduation, Roman did ballistics research for the Navy. He took graduate courses in physics at Princeton and later earned a master’s and a doctorate in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley. Roman was a research chemist at Berkeley, and then became an authority on tissue cultures while working at VA hospitals in San Francisco and Tucson. These stints were interspersed with teaching at Texas Woman’s University and Bishop College. He later worked for the Bonneville Power Administration in Vancouver. Retired in 1986, he attended classes at Clark College almost to the end.

Roman was married to Phyllis Bourquin from 1947 to 1982. He is survived by a son, James; two daughters, Ellen Venable and Diana Colvin; a sister, Irene Kutsky; and four grandchildren. Our sincere condolences go to them all.