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Dorsey Alexander ’37

Dorsey Alexander died Jan. 18, 2009, in Mendocino, Calif. He was born in Clarksburg, W.Va., and attended the Calvert and Gilman schools in Baltimore. At…

Robert Wiedenmayer ’37

Robert Wiedenmayer died April 28, 2008. He was born in Newark, N.J. He attended Montclair Academy and Lawrenceville, where he was on the student council…

Charles D. Ridgeway III ’36

Charles was born in Santo Domingo and prepared for Princeton at Montclair (N.J.) High School. He left college in February of our sophomore year. He…

Gaylord Wilson Gillis Jr. ’34

Gay Gillis, who was with us at college for only part of freshman year but developed into an enthusiastic classmate after 1934, died Dec. 31…

Herbert Donald Kistler ’30

Doc Kistler left us Dec. 29, 2008, his centennial year. The end of his long and useful life was clouded by dementia. Born in Montana…

Donald Howard Whitney ’30

Don died March 4, 2009, in Statesboro, Ga. Born in New York City, he graduated from Horace Mann School and cum laude from Princeton, where…

Thomas J. Tucker ’95

Tom Tucker died Jan. 4, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 35. Tom was raised in Calgary, Canada, where he flourished as…

Sam Schatten ’74

Sam Schatten was taken from us Sept. 27, 2008. Sam loved sports, partying, and lively discussions. He was a lifelong supporter of The Daily Princetonian…

Geoffrey Herr Longenecker ’68

Geoff died Jan. 13, 2009, at home in Versailles, Ky., following a battle with cancer. He was 62. Geoff was born in Pittsburgh and prepared…

John Bruce Hagan ’63

We lost Bruce on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, after a brief illness. He was an active community member whose life’s work was in finance…

Walter F. Petraitis ’61

Walt died Dec. 27, 2008, at Maui (Hawaii) Memorial Medical Center of coronary artery disease after a long illness and hospitalization. Walt came to Princeton…

Frederic Rene Coudert ’53

Fritz’s love for his native city and environs could be summed up in these words from a Broadway song: “New York, New York, it’s a…

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2023: Lives Lived & Lost

PAW Published memorials for 569 alumni in 2023, and in this issue, we reflect on 13 of those lives, the impact they had on Princeton, their families, and the world.

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