Steven Theodore Kauffman ’61

Ted Kauffman, a partner in US WATS, a Chadds Ford, Pa., marketer of discount long-distance rates, died of heart failure on Sept. 16, 1995, in Philadelphia's Lankenau Hospital.

Born in Bryn Mawr, Pa., and raised in West Chester, Ted was a 1957 graduate of Peddie School. At Princeton he studied engineering, joined Dial Lodge, and roomed with Jim Klein, Mike Harris, and Jim Wood. Ted left Princeton during our junior year, later graduating from Drexel with a degree in business administration. "I really wish I hadn't squandered the opportunity," Ted observed in our 25th-reunion yearbook, but he went on to say how well his Princeton experience had served him over the years.

After Drexel, Ted worked for his family's business, Kauffman's Home Furnishings, and then was in the construction and commercial real estate field before joining US WATS. In the mid-70s, his lifelong interest in bridge led to his becoming a Life Master.

We did not see much of Ted after he left Princeton, but, remembering his funloving and rambunctious spirit, we wish we had.

Ted is survived by his widow, Elizabeth, his parents, DeVere and Sylvia, and a brother, Walter. We join them in their grief.

The Class of 1961