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Peter Lloyd Richards ’40

Only recently did we learn of the death of Pete Richards Mar. 20, 1991. He was the son of Lloyd '13. Unfortunately, Pete did not…

Simeon Marshall Rising Jr. ’40

Marsh Rising died Jan. 25, 1995, in Granville, N.Y., in the house that was his address when he joined our class. He was the son…

Robert Van W. Lengen ’40

Bob "Bronc" Van Lengen, known to most of his classmates as a brilliant football runner and colorful campus figure, died July 23, 1995. At Princeton…

Dallas S. Townsend Jr. ’40

Former radio and television commentator Dallas Townsend died June 1, 1995, in Montclair, N.J. After Princeton he attended the Columbia School of Journalism, was briefly…

Ralph B. Yardley ’40

Recently retired attorney Ralph Yardley died at his home in Yardley, Penn., June 21, 1995. "Yak" prepared at Shadyside Academy. At Princeton he was a…

Franklin C. Tosh ’40

FRANK TOSH DIED July 2, 1994. He was from Tamaqua, Penn., and attended Mercersburg Academy. He did not finish his Princeton undergraduate studies and once…

Donald C. Grant ’40

THANKS TO THE RESEARCH of Lee Gould'38 and our classmate John Brooks, a memorial can be prepared on behalf of Don Grant, who died in…

Mason Cooke Andrews ’40

“Norfolk’s Visionary” was the front-page banner headline in the Virginian-Pilot’s Oct. 14, 2006, story about Mace. “Waterside, Town Point Park, Nauticus, MacArthur Center, Eastern Virginia…

John L. Frothingham ’40 *41

The New Canaan (Conn.) Advertiser described Frots, who died Sept. 25, 2006, at his home, as “a chemical engineer, who worked on the early development…

Gordon R. Mosher ’40

Gordon died Sept. 24, 2006, at his home in Katonah, N.Y. “Murph,” as some knew him, graduated from Fieldstone School in Toronto, Canada. At Princeton…

Leonard Shirley ’40

LEN SHIRLEY DIED of lung cancer in New Bern, N.C., Aug. 6, 1993, just one week after the death of his wife of 44 years…

James Benjamin Townsend ’40

RETIRED PROFESSOR of English literature at SUNY-Buffalo Ben Townsend died Dec. 13, 1993. A multifaceted scholar, Ben was published widely on art and literary topics…

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