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Herbert Reed Lewis ’47

HERBERT LEWIS DIED of heart failure in NYC Apr. 16, 1993. He was born in Rochester, N.Y., and attended the Harley School in that city…

George C. Brauer Jr. ’47

GEORGE DIED Sept. 27, 1993, in Columbia, S.C. Like most of us, he entered Princeton in the summer of 1943. He majored in English and…

William H. Sewell ’47

BILL DIED May 9, 1993. With his death our class lost one of its most renowned members. After V12 and graduation from Princeton, Bill entered…

David Crockett Gordon ’47

OUR CLASSMATE David Gordon died of cancer at his home in Princeton Apr. 23, 1993. David was born in Istanbul and raised in Greece. He…

Robert Walter Ristau ’47

BOB DIED suddenly of a heart attack Apr. 3, 1993 in Quakerstown, Penn., where he made his home. At Princeton, he majored in electrical engineering…

William E. Hegarty ’47

BILL DIED Dec. 22, 1992, in Greenwich, Conn., where he had lived since 1955. His academic career and his professional career were alike marked with…

Kennedy Brown Schmertz ’47

OUR CLASSMATE Ken Schmertz passed away Sept. 6, 1992, in Washington, where he had lived off and on since 1958. Ken entered Princeton in 1946…

Norman Dyke Van Carpenter ’47

NORM CARPENTER died on Mar. 23, 1992. He entered Princeton in the summer of 1943, but left in Feb. 1944 for service in WWII. After…

Donald R. Pierce ’47

DON DIED SUDDENLY Mar. 20, 1992, after a brief illness. His death deprived Princeton of one of its most enthusiastic alumni. Our 40th reunion yearbook…

Wesley Allen Wagner ’47

WES WAGNFR died suddenly June 2, 1992, sadly just two clays prior to joining the Class for its 45th reunion. Wes had been looking forward…

Kevin Kennedy ’47

KEVIN DIED of a heart attack while working in the garden of his home in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on Apr. 23, 1992, one month before…

Clifford P. Garveyjr. ’47

CLIFF DIED Oct. 6, 1991, in the V.A. Hospital in Bath, N.Y. He was originally from N.Y.C. and lived in the City or on Long…

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