Samuel H. Kauffmann III ’46

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Sam died Apr. 4, 2002, in Palm Springs, Calif., of cancer. He grew up in Washington, DC, where his father owned the Washington Evening Star. He attended St. Albans School, then Choate, and entered Princeton in the summer of 1942. After Army service in Europe from 1943-46, he earned his degree at Stanford.

He founded a property development company, Brown & Kauffmann, in Palo Alto, and was most successful in building mass housing in northern California. He retired to Palm Springs with his sixth wife, Marilyn, and enjoyed golf, model boats, and planes.

He is survived by Marilyn; six children, Eric, Ingrid, Coco, Dana, Lee, and Wayne; and seven grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1946

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