Sener Ozsahin  ’66

Sener died Oct. 7, 2017, in Ankara, Turkey. He was the first Turkish citizen to earn an undergraduate degree from Princeton.

Sener attended Ankara College, a private high school in Turkey, where he was a leader of the literature and arts society, a singer, and an actor. Conversations with his English teacher, Carl Tobey ’40, led him to apply to Princeton.

Sener majored in economics and wrote his thesis on tobacco production in Turkey. He was a member of the Woodrow Wilson Society. In his senior year he roomed with Wheeler Thackston, Aybars Gurpinar, and Bruce Chang in 1937 Hall.

Sener had a successful career at Turkey’s first privately owned pension fund, OYAK, and with major holding companies in Turkey. As founder and first president of the Alumni Association of Princeton University in Turkey, he played a major role in organizing alumni activities and promoting Princeton in that country.

He is survived by a son, Selim, to whom the class extends its condolences.