Spencer O. Chagnon ’57 *63

Spencer died March 31, 2003, from a heart attack caused by Alzheimer’s disease. At Princeton, he majored in electrical engineering, joined Elm Club, and roomed by himself senior year.

After Princeton, Spencer earned a master’s in 1960 from the University of Illinois. He served two years at the National Security Agency and was employed in the Princeton area by Applied Logic Corp. and the Institute for Defense Analysis. He also taught at Stevens Institute and Rutgers University. He suffered two heart attacks in 1976.

In 1979 he began a career of ministry in Ohio with his first wife. Subsequently, he married Susan Beecher.

Spencer did not keep in touch with the class or Princeton. We send our sincere condolences to his wife, Susan; his children, Michael, Deborah, Didi, Jennifer, and Jacques; and his grandchildren.