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Robert Rehder *70 ’57 *70

The class has lost one of its most outstanding scholars. Robert Rehder died of a heart attack April 6, 2009, in Oxford, England, where he…

Frederick J. Yeager *59

Yeager graduated from West Point in 1940. Stationed in the Philippines before World War II, he was captured by the Japanese, lived through the Bataan…

Eugene Miller Haring ’48 *51

A graduate of the Pingry School, Gene was distinguished at Princeton. He graduated summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy and was elected to…

Wilfrid J. Dixon *44

Dixon received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Oregon State College in 1938, a master’s degree from Wisconsin in 1939, and a Ph.D. in mathematical…

Henry A. Turner Jr. *60

Henry A. Turner Jr., the Charles J. Stille Professor of History emeritus, who taught at Yale for 44 years, died Dec. 17, 2008, of complications…

Donald M. Solitar *55

Donald Solitar died from a sudden heart attack April 25, 2008. He was 75 years old. Solitar was born Sept. 5, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y…

Lorenz E. A. Eitner *52

Lorenz E. A. Eitner *52 Lorenz E. A. Eitner, the Osgood Hooker Professor in Fine Arts emeritus at Stanford University, died of a heart attack…

Evan I. Farber *47

Evan I. Farber, librarian emeritus at Earlham College, died peacefully Feb. 12, 2009, at home. He was 86. Farber received a bachelor’s degree from the…

Ebrahim A. Saloojee *72

Ebrahim A. Saloojee, a prominent figure in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, died of Alzheimer’s disease Feb. 1, 2009. He was 73. Saloojee was…

George Delano Kopperl ’51 *56

George was born March 17, 1930, in Orange, N.J., and came to Princeton from Phillips Academy, Andover. A chemical engineer, he belonged to Cannon and…

Charles B. Newmarch *51

Charles B. Newmarch, a Canadian petroleum geologist, died Dec. 21, 2008, at age 89. Newmarch received his Ph.D. in geology from Princeton in 1951, and…

David Preis Wilkinson ’45 *49

Dave Wilkinson died Feb. 14, 2008. He entered Princeton from West Orange (N.J.) High School 10 years behind his brother, Harry ’35. Dave accelerated in…

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