MEMORIALS

Paul E. Peabody ’53
Paul, who brought joy to all ages with his marionette shows and who was dedicated to ending conflicts nonviolently, died of a heart attack on…
Thomas Hutton Brown Boothe Jr. ’53
Tom died Apr. 16, 2002, in Bethlehem, Pa., of cancer. He came to Princeton from West Orange [N.J.] HS. At Princeton he was president of…
Harold Alvin Weideli Jr. ’53
Hal, who was mayor of New Providence, N.J., from 1978-99 and a councilman for 20 years before that, died of a heart attack on Feb…
Charles John Kushell III ’53
We have just learned that Chuck, a singer of note at the Peddie School and a stalwart member of our freshman and varsity glee clubs…
John E. McGovern ’53
John “Jack” E. McGovern died April 10, 2007, following complications from lung cancer. He majored in engineering and graduated with honors. Upon graduation, he…
James McKee Ridgway ’53
Jim, who graduated from Plainfield High School, was named New Jersey all-state in basketball, and played for Coach Cappy Cappon's 1951-1952 Eastern Intercollegiate League champions…
R. Stockton Rush ’53
Tock Rush, whose forbears included two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton, and whose father was Richard S. ’27, died…
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. ’53
Famed astronaut Pete Conrad, the third man to walk on the moon and the first to carry a Princeton flag on its surface, died July…
John McCaffery Wright ’53
John Wright, who with his family (his father was John P. Wright '28) spanned five generations of community service to Keene, N.H., died there Nov…
Howard Frederic Whitney III ’53
Mike Whitney died of a massive brain aneurysm July 1, 1998, doing what he loved best, as his sister Carlin Scherer said, "sailing at sea."…
Benjamin Max McKulik ’53
Ben McKulik, an admired professor of literature at York College, died of a stroke Dec. 27, 1997. Born in Hillside, N.J., Ben was the son…
Michael Stanley Kirby ’53
With deep regret we report that Mike Kirby died Feb. 24, 1997, in NYC. He graduated from Rye [N.Y.] H.S. with Jack McCarthy and both…
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