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Willis Vincent Carpenter  ’51

Willis Vincent Carpenter ’51

Will, who died April 8, 2022, in Denver, spent his life in Colorado except for his time at Princeton, Harvard Law School, and more than…

Warren G. Watts  ’49

Warren G. Watts ’49

In 1947, Warren arrived at Princeton and joined the Class of 1949, following four years in the Air Force as a staff sergeant. As a…

Edmund Keeley  ’48

Edmund Keeley ’48

Edmund, widely known as Mike, was one of our most renowned and distinguished classmates. He died Feb. 23, 2022, at his home in Princeton due…

Luther H. Hutchinson  ’48

Luther H. Hutchinson ’48

Luther died May 14, 2022, at age 98. Known as “Hutch” to many, Luther graduated from Princeton in June 1947 with a degree in economics…

John M. Peacock  ’46

John M. Peacock ’46

John died Aug. 17, 2022. Born in Cleveland in 1925, John and his family moved to Flanders, N.J., shortly after, where he and his older…

Brooke Stoddard ’37

Regretfully we report the death of Brooke Stoddard in Cleveland, Ohio July 14, 1965, following a long illness. Brooke was well known to many of…

Richard T. Williams *74

Richard died July 5, 2021, of AML leukemia in Winston-Salem, N.C. Born May 27, 1946, in Tarboro, N.C., Richard earned a bachelor’s degree in physics…

Elizabeth E. Bailey *72

The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton, Elizabeth died Aug. 19, 2022, of complications of Parkinson’s disease in Reston, Va. Born…

R.H. Woodward Waesche *65

Born in Baltimore Dec. 20, 1930, Woody graduated from Williams in 1952 with a degree in physics. After graduation, he served in the Army’s Ordnance…

Eric D. Rothstein *62

Eric died Sept. 13, 2021, in Madison, Wis., three days after a heart attack. He was born March 12, 1936, in Brooklyn. He graduated summa…

William G. Reinecke *62

Bill died May 31, 2021, in Peabody, Mass. Born July 21, 1935, in South Bend, Ind., Bill graduated from Purdue University and earned a Ph.D…

Frederic A. Rzewski *60

Frederic died June 26, 2021, of a heart attack in Montiano, Italy. He was 83. A “daredevil pianist” and iconoclastic composer, Frederic was born in…

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PAW Published memorials for 569 alumni in 2023, and in this issue, we reflect on 13 of those lives, the impact they had on Princeton, their families, and the world.

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