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Tom Simkin *66

Simkin was a 1955 civil engineering graduate of Swarthmore, and received a Ph.D. in geology from Princeton in 1966. He began as a civil engineer…

John A. Carter Jr. *56

Carter received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia in 1953 and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton in 1956. His dissertation was on…

James Gardner Tarabell ’43 *48

Born in Dover, N.J., Jim entered Princeton from Blair Academy. He joined Key and Seal Club and graduated in June 1943. During World War II…

Susan G. Lee *88

Lee received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia in 1982. In 1984, she enrolled in a joint M.P.A.-J.D. program at Princeton and Columbia…

Jivan Tabibian *62

Tabibian was born in Lebanon of Armenian descent. Educated in Armenian schools in Beirut and at the American University there, he moved to the United…

John R. Gregg *46

Gregg received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and then earned his Ph.D. in biology from Princeton in 1946. He was on the…

Conyers Herring *37

Herring graduated from the University of Kansas in 1933, studied one year at Cal Tech, and then received a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton in…

Mixalis Panayiotis Terzis ’74 *76

Mixalis was born in Mytilini on the Greek island of Lesbos and came to the United States on a scholarship for promising Greek students. After…

James Overbeck *61

Overbeck graduated from MIT in 1960, first in his class. He enrolled at Princeton for a year of graduate study and returned to MIT, where…

Gerald H. F. Gardner *53

Born in Ireland, Gardner graduated from Trinity College in Dublin. He earned a master’s in mathematics from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and a Ph.D…

Bert D. Schwartz *48

Schwartz graduated from New York University in 1935, and served in World War II. In 1942, he was sent to Harvard University Graduate School to…

Herbert Margerum West ’40 *41

After Mercersburg Academy, Herb entered Princeton, where he majored in chemical engineering, rowed crew, and was a member of the Student-Faculty Association, the American Institute…

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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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