MEMORIALS

James M. Ling *67
James Ling, who had been a senior staff engineer and a technology and development manager in the United States defense industry, died Aug. 2, 2015…
William G. Melson *64
William Melson, senior scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution, died Oct. 7, 2016, at the age of 77. Melson graduated from Johns Hopkins University in…
Alan T. Gaylord *59
Alan Gaylord, the Winkley Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature emeritus at Dartmouth College, died peacefully Jan. 5, 2017. He was 83. Gaylord…
William E. Schmidt *53
William Schmidt, professor emeritus of chemistry at George Washington University, died Jan. 26, 2017, at the age of 96. After serving in the Army in…
David Tilgner ’84
David died Aug. 6, 2017, following a courageous battle with brain cancer. David came to us from Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vt…
Geoff Taber ’82
Geoff, wife Jacquie, and their sons, Scott (15) and Andrew (13), died Dec. 24, 2016, in a house fire at their country home near Stoney…
Andy Guy ’74
Andy died suddenly Nov. 22, 2015, just six weeks after spending a glorious weekend with roommates Larry Fullerton, David Witt, and Chris Elliot. Andy sang…
Jonathan Richard Williams Jr. ’61
Dick died Jan. 23, 2017, of pulmonary hypertension. Born in Selma, Ala., he came to us from A.G. Parrish High School. At Princeton he majored…
Edward D. Rose ’61
Ed died May 28, 2017, peacefully in his sleep at his home in Sandwich, Mass. Born in Quincy, Mass., he came to Princeton from Thayer…
Benjamin Franklin Deford III ’61
We lost Frank, one of our class heroes, May 28, 2017, when he died at his home in Key West, Fla. He was born in…
Aldo Vandermolen ’59
Aldo died July 17, 2017, in Dover, N.J., after a five-year battle with glioblastoma. Born in Alkmaar, Holland, schooled there in Dutch and then in…
Richard F. Ford ’59
Dick died July 8, 2017, at home in St. Louis. He had bested cancer for 20 years. Coming to Princeton from Portsmouth Priory, where he…
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