William H. Kincade ’61

Bill died Oct. 9, 2017, peacefully in his sleep at a memory-care facility in Portland, Ore.

He grew up in Hudson, Ohio, and came to us from Western Reserve Academy. At Princeton he chose to bridge English and Italian as a major, was an editor of The Tiger and the Bric-a-Brac, and was in Theatre Intime and the Undergraduate Council. He took his meals at Tower Club.

Bill served in the Navy for seven years, emerging as a lieutenant commander. He earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. at American University and embarked on a distinguished career as a scholar, teacher, and policy adviser. He retired to Oregon in 2006 after 17 years as a professor at AU. Earlier, he taught at Georgetown and had stints with the Carnegie Endowment, the Arms Control Association, the Congressional Joint Committee on Defense Production, and The Associated Press.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Susan; daughters Jennifer and Hadley and their families; three grandchildren; and his three brothers.