S. Benjamin Lupica ’36

Ben died Oct. 19, 1998, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, at a nursing home in Clifton Park, N.Y. He was 86. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton H.S. in NYC and further prepared at the Princeton Preparatory School. At Princeton he majored in chemistry.

After graduation he taught high school classes for a few years before moving to Union Carbide in Niagara Falls, N.Y. There he was a research chemist, receiving several awards and patents. His last assignment before retiring in 1982 was at the Oak Ridge Natl. Laboratory operated by Union Carbide Nuclear Co.

In 1946 Ben married Dolores Amendola, who predeceased him in 1997. He is survived by his two daughters, Catherine L. Paulson and Francesca L. Gutowski, and six grandchildren. Catherine tells us that her father told any who would listen that his days at Princeton were among the best in his life.

The Class of 1936