Van Der Veer Varner ’46
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Van Varner died Jan. 24, 2008, in Alamo, Calif., of complications resulting from a stroke. He was 84.
Van was from Louisville, Ky. He entered Princeton in 1941, but graduated in 1946. He received a master’s degree in English at Berkeley, and began his long career as a teacher, writer, editor, and publisher in New York City.
He worked for Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's magazine Guideposts in a variety of positions for more than 60 years, until his retirement in 1997.
A fan of horse racing, he enjoyed wide friendships.
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