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John Stager Shirk ’39

Johnny had forged a second career as a civic leader while managing two family farms. After graduate work at the University of Chicago, he served…

Thomas Quinlevan Gilson ’38

He was born in Summit, N.J., and attended Summit High School. At Princeton he majored in economics, graduating magna cum laude and as a member…

William E. Attwood Jr. ’36

At Princeton, Bill was in the School of Public and International Affairs. He was a member of Cap and Gown and the Glee Club, and…

Robert Budd Gibby ’36

He came from Roselle, N.J., the son of Edgar M. Gibby 1899 and Janet G. Brown. He attended Pingry and The Hill School. Later he…

Gilbert Lea ’36

Gil served Princeton well all his life, as one-time chairman of Annual Giving, chairman of the athletic committee, and a member of the Alumni Council…

Bayard Henry Roberts ’34

In his final president’s message he wrote, in part, “The past five years have been most rewarding ones for me. . . . Thanks and…

James Hamilton Scheifley ’34

He and his wife, the former Dorothy Marx of Madison, Wis., moved to Delray Beach, Fla., where Jim, an avid fisherman, soon became a familiar…

Pendennis White Reed ’31

He came to Princeton from Carteret (N.J.) Academy. At Princeton he took his meals at Quadrangle and roomed all four years with his classmate from…

Floyd Weinstock ’75

Floyd Weinstock died Aug. 24, 2007, of a traumatic brain injury suffered while rollerblading. Floyd came to Princeton after growing up in White Plains, N.Y…

Thomas Cheng ’74

Tom graduated from Lawrenceville, majored in chemistry at Princeton, and graduated from Weill Medical College of Cornell in 1978. Following further studies at Indiana University…

Diane E. Alington-Leaf ’73

(Following is an expanded version of the memorial published in the print edition of PAW.) Diane E. Alington-Leaf died Jan. 4, 2008, at home in…

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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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