Ronald Hess Aires ’52

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Ron died Dec. 22, 2015.

Ron came to Princeton from Ephrata (Pa.) High School, where he was senior class president. He majored in modern languages, was in the Chapel Choir, ate at Terrace, and roomed with Tom Zook.

He went on to Yale, where he earned a master of arts degree in teaching, and later studied at the Sorbonne. He spent his working life at private secondary schools in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New York.

Ron is survived by a brother, Randolph, to whom the class extends its sympathy.

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