Shippen Swift ’56

Shippen died of colon cancer Aug. 27, 2002, in Hancock, Maine, where he had lived for 11 years. A military historian, he spent many years in the publishing business. He worked for Harper's and The Atlantic Monthly, founded Quest Magazine, and wrote many humorous stories and poems.

Before coming to Princeton, Ship graduated from the Canterbury School in Milford, Conn. After attending Notre Dame, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1952, and served with the First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, in the Korean War. He then graduated from OCS in Bainbridge, Md.

Majoring in sociology at Princeton, he was a member of the Veterans Club and Cap and Gown. He rowed on the crew, played 150-lb. football, and was active in IAA volleyball and softball. He left Princeton after our junior year to work with the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in NYC. In 1955 he married the former Lee Greeff. They lived in Redding Ridge, Conn., for 32 years before moving to Maine. He is survived by his wife and their three children, Michael, Hillary Baker, and Jennifer Crowley, and five grandchildren. The class extends sympathy to all his family.

The Class of 1956