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Richard F. Puffer Jr. ’59

Dick Puffer, a man of many talents, died May 8, 2020, of heart and lung disease at home in Concord, Mass. A Connecticut native, Dick…

Alan L. Bisno ’58

Alan died Aug. 10, 2020 in Miami, Fla. He was 83. He came to Princeton from Memphis (Tenn.) Central High School, where he was a…

Arthur Yorke Allen ’58

Arthur died Aug. 3, 2020, in Edgartown, Mass. He was 83. He came to Princeton from the Kent School and was preceded at Princeton by…

Philip Felig ’57

Phil Felig declared himself in our 50th-reunion yearbook the first Orthodox Jewish undergraduate at Princeton. Among the problems this caused for him were observing Jewish…

Thomas M. Rust ’55

Tom died Aug. 23, 2020, in West Bend, Wis., after a long illness following a stroke at age 87. We knew Tom as Joe when…

Thomas P. Gorter Jr. ’55

Tom died Aug. 10, 2020, in Lake Forest, Ill., at age 87. Parkinson’s had afflicted him for several years, and Jackie, his wife of 48…

Frank Poage ’54

Frank died May 5, 2017. He prepared at Morristown (N.J.) High School, where he was active in basketball, dramatics, and the band. At Princeton he…

F. Nelson Peters III ’54

Pete died May 22, 2020. He prepared at Evanston Township (Ill.) High School, where he participated in glee club and band — indicative of interests…

George A. Page Jr. ’54

Bud died Aug. 5, 2020. He attended Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Ill. At Princeton he majored in psychology, was president of Campus…

John Welch Mills ’53

John died Oct. 22, 2020, in Evanston, Ill. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and came to Princeton from University School in Shaker Heights. He…

Edward J. McClain Jr. ’53

Ted died Oct. 20, 2020, in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Ted was born in New Brighton, Pa., and came to Princeton from Valley Forge Military Academy…

Henry Darby Houston ’52

Darby joined us after graduating from the Albany Academy and a postgrad year at Hobart College. At Princeton, where his father, David, was a member…

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