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Bryce W. Russell ’50

Bryce, a talented oil painter, died Aug. 23, 2020, in Princeton, N.J., where he had lived the past 12 years. A Northfield (Minn.) High School…

William F. Davis Jr. ’50

Bill died July 14, 2020, in Williamsburg, Va., after a long illness. He was professor emeritus of English at William and Mary. Before Princeton he…

Leighton Laughlin ’49

Leighton died Aug. 21, 2020, at his Vermont home. He graduated from Deerfield, served briefly in the Marines, and entered Princeton in the fall of…

Ward O. Griffen Jr. ’49

Ward died July 21, 2020. A psychology major and a member of Key & Seal, Ward played tennis, participated in Theatre Intime and Triangle Club…

M. Lewis Hall Jr. ’48

Born Aug. 14, 1924, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Lew was a lifelong Floridian and the principal in a Miami law firm founded by his father…

William H. Danforth ’48

Bill was born April 10, 1926, in St. Louis, Mo. He had consecutive but also somewhat concurrent careers in his hometown, with local, national, and…

Lee P. Klingenstein ’47

Lee died April 6, 2020, in Scarsdale, N.Y., at his home. He came to Princeton from the Taft School, but enlisted in the Navy almost…

Douglas W. Mitchell *78

Douglas Mitchell, professor emeritus of economics at West Virginia University, died March 13, 2020, of complications from pancreatic cancer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Doug attended…

James Edward Roper *63

James Roper died Oct. 16, 2020, in Holt, Mich., of esophageal cancer. He was 82. Known for his deadpan humor and quick wit, he never…

Finley Alexander Campbell *58

Finley Campbell died May 26, 2020, at the age of 93. Born in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, he attended Portland University on a hockey scholarship and…

Jared N. Gustafson ’95

Jared died April 5, 2019, in Madison, Wis., after a courageous battle with metastatic colorectal cancer. After growing up in Texas, Arizona, and Oregon, he…

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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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