Samuel H. Tucker ’52

Sam died April 7, 2017.

He came to us from Philips Exeter. At Princeton Sam joined Ivy, majored in astronomy, and served as manager of the cross-country team. He connected with a number of campus efforts, including Orange Key, the Junior Prom committee, Class Memorial Insurance Fund, Campus Fund Drive, the Nassau Lit, and Unitarian Fellowship, and he was the Ivy social chairman.

After graduation he earned a medical degree at Penn and did a residency at Pennsylvania Hospital and at Queens Hospital in London. His focus was pediatric neurology, specializing in epilepsy. He was affiliated with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and taught neurology for 20 years at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.

He served for 25 years in the Naval Reserve, retiring with the rank of captain. With his wife, Robin, he raised a flock of rare parrots and enjoyed sailing on the Chesapeake.

Sam is survived by Robin; his sons Alden and Robertson; their mother, Martha; his twin sister, Elizabeth Tucker Ripley; and five stepchildren, Susan, Jacqueline, Crissa, Ellisa, and Matthew.

To them the class sends its sympathies, with appreciation of Sam’s naval service to our nation.