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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…

Gerald D. Sjaastad *63

Sjaastad graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952, and retired as a colonel in the Air Force in 1974. He attended the Princeton Graduate…

Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving ’53 *60

Tom’s three art degrees and an honorary doctor of humane letters degree (1968) from Princeton sparked a career as scholar, flamboyant director of New York’s…

R. Brock Fuller ’49 *52

Brock Fuller died Nov. 6, 2009, at the age of 82. He prepared for Princeton at Phillips Andover Academy, and at Princeton he majored in…

Carter H. Hills *50

and the U.N., died Dec. 8, 2009. He had Alzheimer’s disease and was 87. Hills served in the Navy in World War II and graduated…

Roger Coit Dixon ’36 *42

Roger died of a cerebral hemorrhage Jan. 30, 2010, in his hometown of Mitchellville, Md. The son of a Princeton economics professor, Roger majored in…

Nathaniel S. Preston *60

Nathaniel Preston, a retired professor of government at American University in Washington, D.C., died Nov. 27, 2009 from a fall. He was 81. At age…

Bertrand A. Goldgar *58

Bertrand Goldgar, the John N. Bergstrom Professor of Humanities and the longest-serving faculty member in the history of Lawrence University (Wisconsin), died Oct. 14, 2009…

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