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William H. Cherry *58

William H. Cherry died Feb. 19, 2005, in Princeton. He was 85. Cherry received a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton, well after his 1941 start…

Maximilian A. Kraft Jr. *58

Maximilian A. Kraft Jr. died of lymphoma in Philadelphia June 7, 2004. He was 71. Maximilian grew up in Philadelphia and matriculated at Drexel University…

George Galavaris *58

George Galavaris, an expert on Byzantine and Greek art, died in March 2003. Born in Athens, Greece, Galavaris studied at the U. of Athens before…

David B. Lewin *58

David B. Lewin, a relatively unknown yet influential musical theorist and composer, died May 5, 2003, of heart disease in Cambridge, Mass. He was 69…

William Pomeroy Ryan ’49 *58

Roy Ryan died Aug. 19, 1995. He was 67. He prepared for Princeton at Princeton H.S., where he was active in tennis, student government, and…

Robert F. Hoffman *58

Robert F. Hoffman died Nov. 7, 2006, at home in Medford, N.J., after a valiant fight against cancer. He was 71. A dedicated Princeton alumnus…

Paul Taylor Condit ’40 *58

Paul Condit died Sept. 1, 1998, in Los Angeles. He was the son of Kenneth '13, dean of the Princeton School of Engineering. Paul had…

George Hilary Paff ’52 *58

After a two-month hospitalization, George Paff died Dec. 28, 1997, of complications from a staph infection in Lakeland [Fla.] Regional Medical Center. Exploratory surgery had…

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