MEMORIALS
Howard Sill Bell Jr. ’43 *47
Sam graduated from Exeter Academy and received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Princeton, both in mechanical engineering. He was in Cloister Inn. During…
David Hill *51
David Hill, an entrepreneurial physicist who worked for Enrico Fermi during World War II and later wrote his doctoral dissertation under John Wheeler, died Dec…
Wallace Irwin Jr. ’40 *48
He prepared at St. Paul’s School. At Princeton, he majored in modern languages, winning the Alden Memorial French Prize, and graduated with high honors and…
Shaun Wylie *37
Shaun Wylie, a British mathematician who was critical to breaking German codes during World War II, died Oct. 22, 2009. He was 96. Wylie studied…
Daniel Reid Scally ’53 *55
Dan, who was ranked No. 1 in his group of electrical engineers and went on to receive a master’s degree in engineering at Princeton’s Graduate…
Ralph W. Greenlaw Jr. *52
Ralph Greenlaw, a retired professor of history at North Carolina State University, died July 19, 2009. He was 91. Greenlaw graduated from Amherst in 1938…
Edwin Laurence Chalmers ’49 *51
Larry died Nov. 24, 2009, at the age of 81. Larry prepared at Wyomissing (Pa.) High School, and at Princeton he majored in psychology and…
John C. Davis *40
John C. Davis, a retired teacher and administrator who helped update and expand the curriculum at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., died of a…
William S. Gaither *64
William Gaither, an engineer and professor who became president of Drexel University in Philadelphia, died Sept. 11, 2009. He was 76. Gaither earned a bachelor’s…
Daniel Sperber *61
Daniel Sperber, a retired professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, died Aug. 15, 2009, at the age of 79. Born in Vienna, Austria, Sperber…
W. Peter Janicki *61
Peter Janicki, a retired social-science research analyst with the U.S. Information Agency, died May 19, 2009, of Alzheimer’s disease at home. He was 80. Born…
Coleman Dupont Donaldson *57
Coleman Donaldson, a distinguished practitioner and government adviser in aeronautical engineering, died peacefully Aug. 7, 2009. He was 86. Donaldson received a bachelor’s degree from…