Sanders Maxwell ’39

Sandy, only recently elected our class president, died peacefully Feb. 23, 2008, after a brief hospitalization.

We have probably not had any classmate as totally immersed in Princeton as Sandy, beginning with his undergraduate days as president of Triangle Club. Except for his World War II service as an intelligence officer in the 8th Air Force, he lived his entire life in Princeton. He commuted to work in the advertising business as a creative director for leading ad agencies. In Princeton he served on local, school, and University boards. But he will always be remembered for his musical life. An accomplished pianist, he and a small group of musical colleagues played not only at all our reunions, but on all kinds of occasions around town.

Our final farewell to Sandy was colorful. After a memorable service that included music by Sandy's band, the entire congregation at Trinity Church fell in behind the band for a New Orleans-style jazz procession up Mercer Street to the Nassau Club, where there was a reception for family and friends.

Predeceased by his wife, Patricia Gefaell, he is survived by daughters Linda and Donna; sons Lee and Robert; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and by his fiancM-^Ne, Celia Ryan. The class sends sympathy to them all.