Rudolph Kauffmann ’36

RUDY DIED of cancer Dec. 25, 1990, at home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was the son of Rudolph M. Kauffmann '05. He prepared at St. Albans School and Choate. At Princeton he majored in geology, was on the freshman and J.V. crews and was a member of Colonial Club.

He entered active duty in WWII as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He served in the invasion of North Africa. He was released from duty in 1945 as a It. commander.

Rudy worked in many capacities for the old Washington Star Communications Inc., which was family owned since the Civil War. He retired in 1976 as associate editor. He was president of the Children's Hospital (now the Children's Natl. Medical Center) in Washington. He also was a member of the Gridiron Club of Washington, the Alibi Club, the Metropolitan Club, and the Chevy Chase Club, and he was president of the Percy Summer Club of Groveton, N.H. He enjoyed golf, fishing, and landscaping.

Rudy's wife, Mary Wells Kauffmann, died in 1988. He is survived by three children, daughters Elise K.B. Palmer, Edith Kauffmann, and son Christian A. Kauffmann; a brother, John M. Kauffmann'44; and five grandchildren. Rudy was a true son of Princeton and a loyal supporter of the Class.

The Class of 1936