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Craig R. Thompson *37

Craig R. Thompson, retired Felix E. Shelling Professor of English Literature at the U. of Pennsylvania, died Oct. 4, 1996. He was 85. Born in…

Jordan C. Churchill *37

JORDAN COMBES CHURCHILL, a veteran teacher of history, died Feb. 11, 1994. He got his undergraduate degree and his first master's from Amherst. In 1930…

Ahlborn Wheeler ’33 *37

BUD WHEELER died Oct. 1, 1992, in Duarte, Calif. Bud was born Nov. 10, 19 11, in Montclair, N.J. He prepared at Montclair H.S. In…

John W. Halderman *37

JOHN W. HALDERMAN, one of the company of "founding fathers" of the United Nations, died Aug. 1, 1989, at age 81. He was born in…

Maurice B. Cramer ’31 *37

ENGLISH LITERATURE MAJOR AND PROFESSOR, our classmate Maurice Cramer died Feb. 26, 1990, at N.C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. At Princeton he majored in…

Israel Halperin *36

Israel Halperin, a brilliant mathematics professor who successfully faced down espionage charges in Canada in 1946 and 1947 during the Gouzenko Affair and became an…

Charles Abraham Owen Jr. ’35 *36

Charles Abraham Owen Jr. died July 24, 1998. He was 84. He was born June 5, 1914, in Johnstown, Pa. Charles prepared at Rumsey Hall…

Clark Baldwin Tower ’35 *36

Clark Tower, known to us as "Gabe" in his campus days, died on Oct. 23, 1997, following a short illness. He was 85. He and…

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