Suzanne Keller H ’68

Our honorary classmate Suzanne Keller, the first woman to hold a tenured faculty position at the University, died of a stroke Dec. 9, 2010, in Miami. She was 83.

She came to Princeton as a visiting lecturer in 1966 and was appointed a tenured sociology professor in 1968, a year before the University enrolled its first undergraduate female students. She retired in 2004.

Suzanne was made an honorary classmate at the Class of ’68’s 30th reunion, and upon the awarding of her jacket and her honorary membership, she read the letter granting her tenure, which had the salutation “Dear Mr. Keller. . . ” Some things don’t change.

She was born in Vienna, Austria, and moved to New York as a child, graduating from Hunter College and earning a doctorate from Columbia.

She is survived by her husband, Charles Haar; his daughter, Susan; and her stepchildren, Cintra McGauley and Richard Huber Jr. To them all, the class extends its deepest sympathy.