Samuel Howell Zeigler ’41

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We have just learned that Sam died Apr. 8, 2000, in Edinburgh, Scotland, after a long illness.

A graduate of the Haverford School, he majored in the school of public and international affairs at Princeton, winning the summer scholarship award.

He left Princeton at the end of junior year for work experience at Consolidated Aircraft, remaining in the industry from 1941-45 as a naval inspector. In 1945, he was posted to the naval school of international languages, Boulder, Colo., where he completed his study of Russian.

Sam returned to Princeton in 1946 and received his degree the following year. Employed for 35 years by the Natl. Security Agency, he retired in 1978 to Scotland.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Joanna Gregory Zeigler, two sons, Gregory and Conway, and a daughter, Marya Anne.

The Class of 1941

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