William F. Haugaard ’50

Bill died July 30, 2016, in Florida. He devoted his life to the Episcopal Church.

Born in Forest Hills, N.Y., he came to Princeton from the Horace Mann School. He delayed graduation until 1951 when he changed his major to history in preparation for entering the ministry. He graduated with high honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was president of the band, chairman of Orange Key, and a member of Terrace.

He then attended General Theological Seminary in New York City, where he graduated and was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1954. After his first four years of ministry in eastern Washington State, he returned with his wife and two children to General Theological Seminary as a tutor and to pursue his doctorate in church history.

He taught at Seabury Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill., and was dean of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Caribbean and vice chairman of the Caribbean Center for Advanced Studies. Most recently he was a supervising chaplain at Asbury Theological Seminary in Orlando, Fla. One of Bill’s students described him as “a brilliant scholar, a compassionate priest, and a walking example of class.”

He is survived by his wife, Luisa; five children; and four grandchildren.