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Hugh Bell Ogburn ’45 *55

Hugh Ogburn died Oct. 23, 2007, at his home in Honolulu. Hugh entered Princeton from Westville (N.J.) High School and joined Dial Lodge. Accelerating his…

Frederick Seitz *34

Frederick Seitz, a distinguished physicist and president emeritus of Rockefeller University, died March 2, 2008. He was 96. Seitz received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford…

John Garrett Penn *68

John Garrett Penn, former chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C., died Sept. 9, 2007, of cancer. He was 75. Penn graduated…

Howard S. Merritt *58

Howard S. Merritt, a longtime professor of art at the University of Rochester, died peacefully June 25, 2007, at the age of 92. Merritt earned…

Rex D. Davis *66

Rex D. Davis, former director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) who started out by arresting “moonshiners,” died Jan. 7, 2008…

Houston Flournoy *56

Houston Flournoy, a political-science professor who spent 14 years in California state politics, died Jan. 7, 2008, of heart failure. He was 78. A graduate…

Frederick E. Balderston *53

Frederick E. Balderston, emeritus professor of the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, died Oct. 18, 2007, of emphysema. He was 84. A…

William Whipple Jr. *36

William Whipple Jr., a retired Army brigadier general, Rhodes scholar, and civil engineer, died Aug. 23, 2007, in Princeton. He was 98. Whipple graduated from…

Paul F. Norton *52

Paul F. Norton, an emeritus professor and founder of the University of Massachusetts’ art department, died Aug. 26, 2007, after a short period of declining…

J. Edward Lundy *40

J. Edward Lundy, a retired Ford Motor Co. executive who joined the company with Robert McNamara and eight other World War II veterans known as…

Karen M. Kirby *75

Karen M. Kirby, a mathematician and insurance actuary, died July 19, 2007. She was 57. Kirby was the valedictorian of her Garden City (N.Y.) High…

William J. Crowe Jr. *65

Adm. William J. Crowe Jr. *65, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, died Oct. 18, 2007. He…

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