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Charles B. Zucker *70

Charles Zucker, an architect and urban planner, died Feb. 5, 2010, five productive years after the detection of pancreatic cancer. He was 66. Zucker received…

Donald Ernst Bedard ’44 *56

Donald Bedard died April 7, 2010, in Wilmington, Del., after a long illness. He was 88. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., Donald grew up in Springfield…

Peter C. Speers Jr. ’44 *49

Peter died Feb. 8, 2010, in Austin, Texas, where he had lived since his retirement in 1981. Born and raised in India by missionary parents…

Logan Chappell Bostian ’44 *49

Logan died April 8, 2010, in Williamsburg, Va. He was 87. A chemistry major at Princeton, he roomed with Bob Claytor, Ben Burns, and Tom…

John J. Simonetti III *81

John Simonetti, an expert in materials science, died Dec. 24, 2009, at home. He was 60. Simonetti received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1972…

Albert James Fenton Jr. ’54 *59

Jim died March 8, 2010, of colon cancer. Born in Passaic, N.J., he graduated from Willoughby Union High School. His Princeton major was chemistry. He…

Wesley R. Smith *57

Wesley Smith, a professor of physics at Lehigh University for 43 years, died Jan. 2, 2010, at the age of 81. Smith received bachelor’s and…

Henry John Fitzell Jr. ’44 *54

A career educator who earned his bachelor’s ( cum laude), master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in modern languages and literature from Princeton, John died Feb. 2…

John Krom Rudd ’38 *39

John K. Rudd died Jan. 23, 2010, at his home in Lakeville, Conn. John prepared for Princeton at Asheville School in Asheville, N.C. At Princeton…

Alan S. Zuckerman *71

Alan Zuckerman, a professor of political science who had taught at Brown University since 1970, died Aug. 20, 2009. He was 64. Zuckerman received a…

Franklin A. Cleland *54

Franklin Cleland, a longtime research scientist with Shell Development Co., died Dec. 20, 2009, at the age of 81. Cleland graduated from Texas A&M University…

Joseph M. Starita *70

Joseph Starita, a chemical engineer who led corporations in engineering and manufacturing, died Nov. 17, 2009, of brain cancer. He was 65. Starita received a…

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