Houstoun McIntosh Sadler '24
Houstoun Sadler died Dec. 5, 1995. He was born Sept. 17, 1900, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to John M. Sadler (a cotton broker) and Alice P. Horton. He had a brother and a sister.
He attended Brooklyn Poly Tech, where his skill at tennis and football earned him a Samuel J. Reid Jr. Scholarship at Princeton. He majored in history and minored in economics and played on a championship football team. He also played hockey for three years.
After graduating he joined Tidewater Oil Co. and eventually traveled to Australia to open that territory for the company. In 1935 he moved to Bombay, working for the Standard Vacuum Oil Co., where he rose to the post of general manager.
In 1955 he joined what became Exxon Corp., based in NYC. He retired in 1965 to Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., with his wife, Vivienne Morgan Peters Sadler, who died in 1989.
He is survived by three sons, John McIntosh, Houstoun Morgan, and David Bailey, six grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
The Class of 1924

Edward Lambert Clifford '27
Edward Lambert "Lam" Clifford died Mar. 19, 1997, in Worcester, Mass., a month after suffering a stroke at his home (1 Bancroft Tower Rd., Worcester 01609). Lam spent five years at Princeton. He majored in history, played on the freshman and varsity soccer squads, participated in the Triangle Club, and joined Tiger Inn. After graduation, he worked briefly with brokers Hornblower & Weeks in NYC. He attended Harvard Business School, graduating "with distinction" and an MBA in 1932. He then moved to Providence, becoming a v.p. of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. and serving there from 193250.
During WWII, he served in the Navy as administrative and deck officer on the carrier Princeton, acquiring campaign medals for six battles and coming out as a lieutenant cmdr. He moved in 1950 to Worcester, becoming president of the Worcester County Natl. Bank, a director of AVCO Corp., Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Crompton & Knowles Corp., Hobbs Mfg. Co., and a trustee of the Worcester County Inst. for Savings. He was a v.p. of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Massachusetts Business Development Corp. Active in Republican politics, he served from 196265 on the Massachusetts Commission on Crime & Public Morality and as state treasurer of the party.
The Class of 1927

William Wright Crandall Jr. '28
Bill Crandall died Aug. 8, 1996, at the Grafton County Nursing Home near his home in Warren, N.H.
Bill prepared for college at the Hill School and at Princeton was active in the band, debating, and the Triangle Club. He was a versatile, talented, and outgoing member of the class and a member of Tower Club. He majored in architecture and studied for an MFA degree at Princeton. He also did postgraduate study at New College, Oxford, the U. of Vienna, and the School of Beaux Arts in France. His thesis at Oxford was a study of the architectural designs and drawings of James Gibbs (1682-1754).
Bill's work in interior design in NYC was interrupted by WWII. He enlisted in the Navy and attained the rank of commander. He was the welfare and morale officer on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was discharged in 1946.
After the war Bill shifted his interest to laminated oak flooring, founding the Crandall Corp. In 1965 he became an associate professor of the humanities at New England College in Henniker, N.H. He tutored and advised numerous students, especially those with dyslectic disabilities. A severely broken hip put an end to his teaching career.
Bill never married and is survived by a first cousin, Mary Horrigan, and by several grand-nephews and nieces, to whom the class sends its sympathy.
The Class of 1928

Maurice Meyer Jr. '31
Maurice died Feb. 19, 1997, in Elberon, N.J., where he served on the board of governors of the Jersey Shore Medical Center Foundation. Born in Newark, N.J., he came from Newark Academy to Princeton, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. During his last two years he roomed with Jerry Weinstein.
Maurice served with distinction in the field of finance as senior partner of Hirsch and Co., members of New York Stock Exchange, chairman of Texas Pacific Land Trust, and panel of American Arbitration Association.
Maurice was captain of the U.S. Tuna team-he and his late wife had set records that still stand. He also loved classical music and growing prize orchids. Princeton was his true intellectual interest-his financial contributions and his regular attendance at class functions testify to his commitment. Those fortunate to know Maurice will remember him for his smile, his welcome, and his quiet support. He will be missed.
Maurice's wife, Carolyn, predeceased him. He is survived by Maurice III, a daughter, Dorothy M. Purcell, six grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren, to all of whom the class sends sympathy.
The Class of 1931

Ralph Austin Bard Jr. '33
Ralph Bard died Dec. 10, 1996. He came to college from Highland Park, Ill., and Berkshire Academy. He was a member of Tiger Inn.
His business career began in low gear when he went to California to help operate farms on which a bank had foreclosed. He transferred to San Francisco, where he met and married Nonie, his wife of some 60 years. He then managed a division for Edwards Associates, a large farming enterprise owned by the Hal Edwards family.
After a two-year stop in West Virginia to manage a tile and brick plant, Ralph returned to Chicago and began a career as an investor. It was interrupted by a tour of duty in the Marine Corps. He enlisted as a private (his father, Ralph A. Bard '06, was assistant secretary of the Navy). He was commissioned in OCS and served in air combat intelligence.
Ralph was an active participant in a wide range of civic and cultural activities, serving on the board of the Shedd Aquarium, the RushPresbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, and the Chicago Horticultural Society. The Gateway at the Chicago Botanical Garden was named for him.
To Nonie, to daughters Katharine Dickinson and Mary Bourquin, to son Ralph, and to nephew Tim Johnson '73, we extend our sympathy and express our admiration for Ralph's remarkable career.
The Class of 1933
Walter Arthur Campbell '33
Art died Dec. 8, 1996. He grew up on a farm outside of Princeton and went to Princeton H.S.
We remember him as a battling representative of our class in the cane spree both freshman and sophomore years, as the member of the wrestling team who moved up whenever we needed someone in a heavier weight, and as a hard-nosed tackle on the 150-pound football team. He also played rugby. He was a member of Cannon Club.
After college he coached and taught at Teaneck H.S. and earned a law degree at Rutgers. He and Helen Margesson were married in 1937. Art served in the Army in Europe and was wounded in the leg in the Battle of the Bulge. We know that Sgt. Campbell was in the middle of the fight when things were tough.
He practiced law in NYC, specializing in tax work and wills and estates. For many years Art and his family lived in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., and in due course he moved his successful law practice there.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; his children, David and Sally, and his daughter-in-law, the widow of Peter C. Campbell '62, whose death in Oct. 1995 was a sad blow to Art. Art was a battler all the way and a good man to have on your side.
The Class of 1933

William Howard Evans '33
Bill died Dec. 21, 1996, in Boca Raton, Fla.
He grew up in Pittsburgh and prepared for Princeton at Shady Side Academy. He earned his degree in chemical engineering. In 1934 he graduated from Babson Institute.
Bill first worked for the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh and in 1937 joined Diamond Alkali, a major producer of industrial and agricultural chemicals which had been founded by his family. During WWII he served in naval intelligence in the Pacific theater and attained the rank of lieutenant cmdr. From 1948-54 he was manager of Diamond Alkali's sodium silicate operations. In 1955 he was elected to the board of directors and remained on the board after he retired in 1957. He had a second career in investment banking.
Bill served on the boards of many businesses and charitable organizations and actively supervised the Phyllis H. and William H. Evans Foundation in Cleveland which served a variety of humanitarian causes. His major interest in life, outside of his family, was golf, which he played to the end of his life. A longtime member of the U.S. Seniors Golf Assn., his club memberships included Rolling Rock, Pine Valley, Gulf Stream, and Seminole.
Bill is survived by his wife, Phyllis, his children, Elinore Evans, Juliet Briggs, Phyllis Swindells, and William H. Jr., and by eight grandchildren. He will be missed.
The Class of 1933

Eugene Roland Hack '33
Gene died Jan. 28, 1997, at his home in Weston, Conn. He was 88.
Gene was born in NYC and grew up in New Rochelle, N.Y. He prepared for Princeton at Princeton Prep and Hun.
He roomed with his brother, Dave, for the first two years and then with Fred Hammond and Mac McKinnon. He was active in the Glee Club and was a member of Tower. He and his brother were well-known, well-liked, and respected members of our class.
After graduation Gene worked for Consolidated Edison and then U.S. Gypsum before joining Norden Bombsight, where he became personnel director.
In 1945 he married Edriene Adele Guckes, who was known as Ed. They moved to Weston, Conn., where Gene started his own real estate and insurance business at which he worked for the rest of his career. He was the head of the PTA for several years. He loved boating and was a member of the Norwalk Yacht Club and the Pequot Yacht Club in Southport.
Gene is survived by his wife, Ed, his daughter, Diane, his son, Eugene Jr., and three grandchildren, to all of whom we extend our sympathy.
The Class of 1933

Charles James Harrington '33
Charlie died Jan. 1, 1997, in Boynton Beach, Fla. He was 85.
He came to college from Wilmington, Del., having prepared at Hotchkiss. He roomed all four years with Andy Locke and was a member of Cannon Club. After earning a PhD at MIT in 1937, he joined the DuPont Co. He retired in 1976.
During WWII, Charlie worked at Hanford, Wash., on the Manhattan Project. He was DuPont's representative in London from 1947-52 and spent the next two years in Japan as a negotiator for the company. He was general manager of DuPont's Elastimer division from 1964-67. In 1972 he became a v.p.
Charlie served on the board of Wilmington Trust Co. and was chairman of the board of the Medical Center of Delaware. He was on the Natl. Council of the World Wildlife Fund.
Charlie married Mary Gertrude Sproat in 1941. She died in 1979. He married Elinore Hoelzel Hoopes in 1983. He and his family wintered in Del Ray Beach, Fla., for many years. He played golf at the Gulf Stream Golf Club.
He is survived by his wife, Ellie, by two brothers, Willis F. Jr. '35 and George S. '39, four step-children and seven step-grandchildren, to all of whom we extend our sympathy. Charlie was a loyal member of our class, and he will be missed.
The Class of 1933

Andrew Augustus Smith '33 *34
Andy died of leukemia Jan. 16, 1997, at his home in Stonegates in Greenville, Del. He was well aware of his condition; shortly before he died, he met with a group of friends over lunch and in good spirits told them he hadn't long to live.
Andy grew up in NYC and prepared for Princeton at Lawrenceville. At Princeton he roomed all four years with Rube Morriss and was a member of Cloister Inn. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and stayed another year to earn a master's in chemical engineering. He then went to work for the DuPont Co. in the explosives and textile fibers department at Gibbstown, N.J. He retired in 1976.
Andy was involved in many community activities including fundraising for the United Way and Christ Church Christiana Hundred of Greenville. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati.
His first wife, Mary Virginia Barnes, whom he married in 1937, died in 1987. He then married Yvonne Townsend Woodberry. Yvonne and Andy were enthusiastic participants in the minireunion we had at White Sulphur in Oct. 1992.
Andy is survived by Yvonne, two sons, Andrew A. Jr. and Wade H. B., a daughter, Ginger, and six grandchildren. As a lifelong friend of his who sent us his obituary said, "We all lost a gentleman who made the world a better place."
The Class of 1933

John Emery Seibert '34
Lank Seibert, a retired oil executive, banking consultant, and star basketball player, died Mar. 4, 1997, after a long illness. A classmate said of him, "Lank was a thoroughly nice guy. Too bad he never married: he'd have been a wonderful husband and father."
A basketball hero at Pingry School, where in 1991 he was one of the first alumni to be inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame, Lank became, with his good friend Ken Fairman, '34's only threeletter winner in basketball. In 1932 he scored 15 field goals in one game, a Princeton record that stood for 31 years until broken by Bill Bradley '65. In 1933 Lank won the B. Franklin Bunn Trophy, Princeton basketball's highest award.
Lank was an executive of Chevron Oil Co. from 1956 until he retired in 1975. He was a member of the board of and, later, a consultant to Franklin State Bank in Somerset, N.J. During WWII, he was a special agent in the Army's counterintelligence corps and a detachment commander. For many years he served as a director of the Visiting Nurse & Health Services of Elizabeth, N.J., and continued playing and coaching basketball until 1951. "Now," he wrote, "my favorite exercise is walking."
Lank leaves no immediate survivors. A longtime devoted friend and adviser up to the end was Dr. Jere W. Lord Jr. '32.
The Class of 1934

John F. Maloney '35
Jack died Feb. 14, 1997, of a heart attack at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y. Always energetic, he had played tennis the previous day.
After graduation Jack worked in George Gallup's fledgling consumer research company in Princeton. After WWII, Reader's Digest asked him to establish a research department, which he headed and continued to develop until he retired.
In 1940 Jack married Lucia McKellar of Louisville. He was commissioned a navy lieutenant just before Pearl Harbor, having been an early volunteer. He served on both destroyers and destroyer escorts and rose to lieutenant cmdr. in 1944. He later became commanding officer of the USS Wilke in the north Atlantic and Mediterranean. Great pride in his postwar reserve service led him to responsible positions in the Destroyer Escort Commanding Officers Assn. and their annual reunions.
Jack was continually involved in class affairs and served as president for five years. His enthusiasm, warmth, and dedication were also reflected in service to his community, as a builder of the Westchester County United Fund, founder of several health and welfare agencies, and president of business associations such as the New York chapter of the American Marketing Assn.
Jack and Lucia had four children, three of whom survive: daughter Bonnie, Jack Jr. '65, and Mac '67. The class, with a full sense of shared loss, extends its sympathy to them all.
The Class of 1935

George Rockwell Smith '35
George Smith died Dec. 4, 1996. He was 83. He was born on Long Island and lived in NYC. His prep school education was at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. At Princeton he rowed on the freshman crew and played varsity squash. He majored in history and was president of Quadrangle Club.
After graduation he taught at St. Paul's and for many years was head of the math department. He retired from the classroom, which he loved, in 1978. For two academic years, he and his wife ran study-abroad programs in Hanover, Germany, and Rennes, France.
George and Nancy Downes, a Barnard graduate, were married in 1939. They had three children, Alice Victor, Marion, and Peter. They also leave four grandchildren. After his retirement and after Nancy's death a few years ago, George moved to Warren, Conn., to pursue community activities and his hobbies of tennis and squash. We send sincere condolences to the family.
The Class of 1935

Leonard R. Sargent '37
Len Sargent died Feb. 16, 1997, of a heart attack, leaving wife Sandy, children Kerri and Rick, and three granddaughters.
He prepared for Princeton at Gunnery. At Princeton he majored in geology, was on the 150-pound football team, and was a member of Cottage.
Len taught algebra and geometry at Taft and coached football, hockey, and baseball. He was commissioned an ensign in 1942 and saw action in the Mediterranean, including a diversionary invasion of Sicily as part of the Normandy strategy. He taught navigation at Columbia and the U. of Washington. He came out a lieutenant cmdr.
In 1962 he bought the Cinnabar Ranch in Montana near Yellowstone Park. He retired from teaching in 1969 and became a rancher. He helped found the Montana Environmental Information Center, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and the Cinnabar Foundation. He and Sandy were instrumental in halting a dam on the Yellowstone River. They were also vocal proponents of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness, often facing a hostile and jeering crowd. As Len put it, "Sandy and I spend more time fighting so our granddaughters when they grow up may be able to see wild habitat the way it is now and is supposed to be, with elk, deer, moose, sheep, coyotes and bear and all that goes to make up a true ecosystem."
He moved to Bozeman in 1994, leaving the ranch under a conservation easement.
The Class of 1937

Henry Sawyer Broad '38
Henry "Hank" Broad died Mar. 11, 1997, at the Parker Memorial Home in New Brunswick, N.J., a victim of complications from Alzheimer's.
He came to Princeton from Exeter, majored in history, and graduated with honors from the School of Public and Intl. Affairs.
While an undergraduate, Hank worked on the Princetonian, and the Nassau Herald. He was a member of Terrace Club. He earned his law degree from Harvard in 1941 and began practice in NYC. He was then a civilian attorney for the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and later for the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
He moved to Princeton in 1956, where he joined Bud Stratton's law firm and served as the university's legal counsel. He retired in 1987.
Hank was our Annual Giving agent from 196164, recording secretary of our executive committee for many years, and a member of our reunion committee. He was president of the family service board in Princeton and served on the boards of, or was counsel to, several community groups. He was a deacon of Nassau Presbyterian Church, where he sang in the choir.
This quiet and unassuming man is survived by his wife of 45 years, Barbara, two sons, Richard and William, a daughter, Louise B. Lavine, and six grandchildren. The class joins with them in sorrow. We will miss him greatly.
The Class of 1938

Paul Fuller DuVivier '38
With Paul's death at a retirement home near Baltimore, Md., on Feb. 27, 1997, the class lost a most loyal member. A native of NYC, Paul came to us from Princeton Prep. He majored in history and engaged in many campus activities, including 150-lb., crew, Theatre Intime, the French Club, and Quadrangle Club.
After graduation, Paul earned a master's at Georgetown U. and entered the foreign service. An assignment to Vichy, France, in 1941 and work with the French resistance led to his internment by Nazi Germany from 1942-44. Following repatriation, he and Margaret married and began a series of assignments, primarily in western Europe. He was appointed consul general at Edinburgh in 1965. After later tours in Washington and Germany, Paul retired in 1971.
After earning a doctorate at Georgetown in 1976, he wrote three books on the history of selected French provinces and cities, focusing on the personal lives and achievements of leading regional personalities.
Last year, the class bestowed on Paul its Distinguished Service Award. We will miss Paul most for his constant friendliness, unfailing energy, and infectious enthusiasm for life despite a severe physical limitation.
The class extends its deepest sympathy to his wife, son Paul, daughter Ann, and two grandchildren.
The Class of 1938

Herbert Ivory Lord '38
Herbert "Pete" Lord died from a stroke Oct. 22, 1996, at his home in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., where he had lived for many years. He was born Oct. 5, 1915, in Detroit and attended the Los Alamos Ranch School in New Mexico.
While at Princeton, he was an avid polo player, served on the business board of the Princetonian, and was a member of Colonial Club. He earned his MBA from Harvard in 1940. During WWII, he served in the Air Force (1940-45), attaining the rank of major.
Pete began his business career with the Lee & Cady wholesale food company and was v.p. there when the company was sold in 1951.
He then started a new career as a management consultant, successfully engaging in this professional capacity until he retired in 1980.
His greatest enthusiasm was a longtime love of nature, and he became a dedicated supporter of the Boy Scouts of America and served as president of their Detroit chapter. He felt that they offered the best solutions to the troubles of today's youth.
Pete is survived by his wife of 56 years, Barbara, his children, Pauline, Jane Andrews, and Peter '65, and four grandchildren. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.
The Class of 1938

Robert Franklin Rautenstrauch '38
Bob Rautenstrauch (known to his friends as "R-Squared") died Sept. 12, 1996, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, where he had lived for many years.
Bob came to Princeton from Horace Mann School in NYC and received his BS degree in mechanical engineering, then went on to NYU's Guggenheim School to get a master's in aeronautical engineering, which became his lifetime profession.
From 1941-46 he taught at North Carolina State and from 1947-52 was professor of mechanical engineering at Bucknell. He continued his teaching career later as professor of aerospace engineering at Kent State University from 1967-83, when he retired.
In and around these teaching assignments he worked on many projects for major aeronautical companies, including Curtiss-Wright and Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, designing parts of HR-4 helicopters, the Minuteman rocket and power plants for various space vehicles. He also designed the famous racing plane Belle of Bethany, which is now on exhibit in the New England Air Museum in Hartford, Conn.
Bob was active locally in his church, ran model airplane contests, and was a volunteer trainman on the excursion train that shuttled back and forth from Akron to Cleveland during the summer months.
He is survived by his wife, Ann, by twin daughters from his earlier marriage, and by one grandson. To them all, the class expresses its sincere condolences.
The Class of 1938

Philip Russell Warner '39
Phil died Dec. 18, 1996, in Ft. Myers, Fla., at a hospital near his residence at Shell Point Village Retirement Home. He had had a respiratory ailment known as Wegener's disease, but this did not keep him from enjoying good times with classmates living near or visiting in the area. He had been alone since Betty, his wife of 52 years, died in 1994. They had lived in Greenwich, Conn., throughout his stellar career in advertising where he had been v.p. first at Benton & Bowles, later at BBD&O. Then he worked briefly in the fledgling cable industry for W. R. Grace, but retired to take a leading role with the newly founded Natl. Executive Service Corps.
Phil was passionate about helping others. For over 20 years he worked primarily with disadvantaged children. He was on the boards of Kids in Crisis, Recording for the Blind, and was chairman emeritus of the Third Street Music School Settlement in NYC. Still he found time to pursue his great love-tennis. He managed to enter a few tournaments every year.
To Phil's daughters, Wendy Reynes and Kimberly O'Malley, and his four grandchildren we offer our deep sympathy. Like them we shall miss the warmth, compassion, and consideration for others that were the hallmarks of his life.
The Class of 1939

Charles Leslie Rice Jr. '41
Les Rice died Feb. 11, 1997, in Red Bank, N.J. His last six years were spent in a wheelchair after back surgery, but his optimism never dimmed.
He was our class's Pyne Prize winner. His wife, Pauline Seaberg, died in 1992.
Les came to Princeton from high school in La Grange, Ill. He majored in history, joined Charter, played varsity football, and was active with Orange Key and the Republican Club. He remained a trustee of the American Whig-Cliosophic Society for many decades following graduation. Les joined the Army in 1941 and rose to captain, winning a Bronze Star and Cluster.
Following the war, Dean Mathey '12, Princeton's patron-saint trustee, benefactor, and Wall St. magician, recruited Les as his protégé. Having learned much from Mathey at Empire Trust Co., Les set out on his own. He was president and CEO of Gulf States Land & Industries, Inc., working in Texas and living in New Jersey. He retired in 1980 and continued to be active in his Mandan Corp. in Red Bank and in a host of local charities.
Surviving are son Eric S., daughter Melissa R. Fields, and five grandchildren. It has been said of Les that just talking to him made one "feel good."
The Class of 1941

Scott W. Jeffery '43
We lost Scott on Jan. 10, 1997. He died at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., following a long and debilitating illness. He was 75.
After his graduation from Princeton, he served as a Navy pilot during WWII.
Scott enjoyed a long and illustrious career with the Colgate Palmolive Co. in Cali, Colombia, where he was CEO. He was the founding president of the American School in Cali, organizer of the first David Cup tournament, and instrumental in the development of three sports parks. Both the president of Colombia and the mayor of Cali recognized Scott's service to the community, bestowing awards on him for his continuous involvement in bettering the city's life.
Scott is survived by his wife, Patricia, well known to many classmates, two daughters, a son, and five grandchildren. Interment was in Greenwich, Conn., where Scott grew up.
To the entire family, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences.
The Class of 1943

Philip Pidgeon III '45
Phil Pidgeon died Mar. 17, 1996, of heart failure in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn.
Phil entered Princeton from Choate and was a member of Cap and Gown. His Princeton education was interrupted by combat in the European theater with the 95th Infantry Field Artillery-Phil having been commissioned at Ft. Sill with the large Princeton ROTC contingent. He was awarded three Bronze Stars for his hazardous forward observer assignments. He returned to the campus, took his degree in politics in 1947, and entered the family business, Pidgeon
Thomas Iron Co. in Memphis, where he completed a distinguished community service career and retired shortly before his death.
The class expresses its sympathy to Phil's daughter, Dorothy, and sons, Philip IV and Robert.
The Class of 1945

Kenneth M. Seggerman Jr. '47
Kenneth Seggerman died in New York, N.Y., Feb. 27, 1997, from complications after surgery.
Ken came to Princeton in the summer of 1943 from Lawrenceville. Later that year he entered the Marine Corps. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to Princeton. At the end of his junior year he entered Columbia Law School. At Columbia he was on the law review.
Ken became an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell. After eight years there he joined the legal staff of IBM, where he worked for over 20 years. He then became associated with the New York office of the Providence law firm of Edwards & Angell. For the last five or six years of his life he was retired and lived in NYC.
Ken had a strong interest in music and for several years was president of the National Orchestral Society. In earlier years he was a keen sailor and enjoyed a gentleman's game of tennis.
There were many Princetonians in his family, including his father, Kenneth M. '13; two uncles, Frederick T. '11 and Edward M. Crane '18; his brother Harry G. A. '49; two cousins, Frederick B. '43 and Edward M. Crane Jr. '45, and his stepbrother, Thomas W. Bakewell '43.
Ken's wife, HelenLouise K. Simpson, whom he married in 1951, died in 1995. To their children, Kenneth, Tobias, Sarah, and Victoria, the class extends its deepest sympathy.
The Class of 1947

George A. Blakeslee '48
George Blakeslee died of lymphoma Jan. 29, 1997. A native of Detroit, he came to Princeton in the Navy V12 unit, having transferred from HamdenSydney. He was a civilian his senior year and a member of Cloister. Bob Bodnar, Francis Hubert, Howard Hudepohl, and Jim Hutchman were his roommates.
George was called back to active duty in the Korean War and subsequently began a long career as a civilian with the Dept. of Army on the personnel staff. He served in several locations in the U.S. as well as Honolulu, France, and Korea until he retired in 1983.
George's final Army assignment was in Alexandria, Va., where he was living at the time of his death. He and Phillis, his wife of 46 years, had a second home in Orange, Va., where they spent about 40 percent of their time. George especially enjoyed the pastoral life of the woods and the lake. His love of Princeton and the pride he took in Princeton knew no bounds.
George is survived by Phillis and their son George. To them the class offers its deepest sympathy. Another son, Greg, died in 1991.
The Class of 1948

Bradford Alan Arthur '50
Brad Arthur died at the Underwood Hospital in Woodbury, N.J., Oct. 4, 1996. He was 69.
Brad prepared for Princeton at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., where he was an outstanding athlete, excelling in football and ice hockey. He withdrew from Princeton early in our sophomore year and entered the U. of Denver. He participated in a college program through the Marine Corps and then went on active duty for three years in Virginia and California.
He attended law school at the U. of Southern California. He then worked as a prosecutor in the office of Gov. Pat Brown.
Brad soon discovered that his calling was as a defense attorney. He practiced for many years in the L.A. area, but poor health caught up with him. Brad retired to the Philadelphia area, where he lived until he was hospitalized.
Brad established a very close lifetime relationship with our classmate Jones Toland, who predeceased him in 1987. We are unaware of any living family members.
The Class of 1950

Edward Sprague Jones '50
Ed Jones died Dec. 4, 1996, in New York, N.Y., of throat cancer. He was 68. He was a resident of Oyster Bay, N.Y., where he had lived most of his life.
Ed prepared at Phillips Academy. At Princeton he majored in history, was a member of Triangle Club, Key and Seal, and ROTC. Ed had the distinction of stealing the Nassau Hall bell clapper in 1946.
After graduation, he served in Korea as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Field Artillery. Later he was a captain in the Reserve, commanding a battery that he founded in Oyster Bay.
In the 1950s Ed created illustrations, cartoons, and caricatures for newspapers and magazines such as the Nation and the New Republic. Later he designed ceremonial regalia for, among others, the Dept. of Defense and the White House.
As an art dealer, he was associated with Peter H. Davidson and Hirschl and Adler galleries. He was an authority on the artist John Singleton Copley.
Ed, who was considered one of the country's leading genealogists, was a fellow of the American College of Genealogists.
Ed is survived by his wife of 39 years, the former Patricia Hall Bleeker; three children, Suzanne Beguelin, Abigail Feder, and Thomas IV; and three grandchildren, to all of whom the class sends its deep sympathy.
The Class of 1950

Stanley Miles Weiland Jr. '51
Stan died of cancer Feb. 14, 1997. He was a beloved figure in the San Francisco Bay Area, having moved there from New Haven in 1967 to become Connecticut Mutual Life's general agent. He later cofounded San Francisco Pension Corp. with his wife, Elaine, and then cofounded Weiland Benefit Services with daughter Jodi McFarland. Stan was a CLU and CFP, a member of the Million Dollar Roundtable, and president of the San Francisco planning council. He retired in 1996.
Stan came to Princeton from Cranford [N.J.] H.S. He graduated cum laude from the SPIA. Among his many campus activities were varsity track, Cottage Club, and the Student Christian Assn. He roomed with Jack Reydel, Chuck Weeden, and Dave Van Vleck. He afterwards went to the Harvard Business School.
Stan loved Princeton and the class. Last year he received the first W. C. Van Siclen '43 Award from the Princeton Club of Northern California. He and Elaine planned and executed the class's memorable mini in San Francisco in 1993.
In grateful thanks for the help given Stan by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center, his family asks that memorial donations go to the Center, 1275 York Ave., NY, NY 10021. Stan is also survived by daughters Tricia Shoemaker and Liz Weimer, seven grandchildren, and his brother, Peter '55. He was truly one of nature's noblemen. The class extends its deep sympathy.
The Class of 1951

G. Britton Durell II '53
Brit Durell, who died Jan. 31, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, after a long illness, left behind wife Carol, sons Eric, David, and Whitney '87, stepchildren Stephen, Sharon, and Julia, sisters Elizabeth Lane and Jeanne Sealbach, and brother Edward. Our heartfelt sympathy to them.
Brit prepared at Deerfield. His Princeton roommates included Bill Clevenger, Charlie James, Jim Ridgeway, Tom Steffens, and John Thatcher. He played lacrosse and was treasurer of the Republican Club. Brit spent two years in the Army and then joined the family business, Union Fork and Hoe Co. in Columbus which had been founded by his grandfather, G. B. Durell 1885 in 1890.
From 195961, Brit moonlighted at Ohio State, where he received his degree in business administration. He tended the company store until he retired as CEO in 1990. Brit was on the board of Rio Grande College, funded the George B. Durell Memorial Scholarship at Ohio State, and was a past chairman of the Young President's Organization. He loved the hardware industry and was affiliated with many of its professional associations. Brit also loved to have a good time. His dormmate for three years and fellow Charter Club member, Bill Clevenger, remembers our friend Brit as "warm, outgoing, and friendly." So do we.
The Class of 1953

Grenville Howard Paynter '53
Gren died Mar. 9, 1997, from a horseback-riding accident at a ranch in the Tucson area. The class has lost one of its best-known and best-liked members. An executive of Chemical Bank for 35 years, Gren was picked to open its overseas branch in 1970 in Frankfurt. After leaving Chemical in 1985, he became a respected executive at Goodrich & Sherwood, a leading NYC out-placement firm. Gren was known for his professionalism and generous service to his community, e.g., the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, the New York City School Volunteer Program, and the Nightingale-Bamford School, on whose boards he served.
Gren prepped at the Episcopal H.S. in Alexandria, Va. At Princeton he was a member of Colonial Club, he roomed with Dick Drayton, Lew Kleinhans, George Thomas, and Jerry Wilson. He graduated cum laude in history. Always a Tiger, Gren and his wife, Sally, hosted for several years Princeton's championship women's crew during the Eastern Sprints on Lake Waramaug, where they have a house.
Gren was a sophisticated businessman, knowledgeable about the big world and successful in it, yet he took the greatest pleasures in life's smallest details. He is survived by Sally, sons Bradford and Nathaniel, daughter Cameron, brother Richard '51, and mother Mary Jane, widow of Richard K. '25.
The Class of 1953

Richard MacLane Dicke Jr. '69
Belatedly, the class has learned of Rick Dicke's death on May 14, 1995, as a result of a brain tumor.
After graduating from the Hill School, Rick took a postgraduate year at Worcester Academy before entering Princeton. He also attended C. W. Post College in Greenville, N.Y.
He served as counselor with the Nassau County Dept. of Drug and Alcohol Addiction. Gardening was a special interest and a focus of his attention.
Rick's wife, Bernadette, reports that during his illness Rick received extraordinary support from many friends and came to realize how much he was valued by a wide and wonderful variety of people.
Rick is also survived by his father, Richard M. '37. To Bernadette and to his father, the class offers its sincerest sympathy.
The Class of 1969

William Monroe Hendricks MD '70
Bill died Feb. 2, 1996, a week after suffering a heart attack. He was 47. His sudden death has been a great sorrow for his family, friends, and community.
Bill, along with his twin brother, Andy '70, graduated from Glen Ridge [N.J.] H.S., where he was a gifted student and cocaptain of the state champion track team. He set seven high school records in track and was a 9.8 sprinter. At Princeton, a knee injury and an acute appendicitis prevented him from fulfilling his track ambitions. He devoted himself to many interests including golf, karate, and poetry. Bill majored in English and wrote a play for his senior thesis.
Bill attended medical school at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Va. He practiced dermatology in Asheboro, N.C., for almost 18 years. As a leader in his community, he served as chairman of the Dept. of Medicine at Randolph Community Hospital, president of the Randolph County Medical Society, and president of the North Carolina Dermatology Assn. He was the author of over 40 medical articles and many prizewinning poems. Bill was extremely proud of his poetry book for children, Top of the Seesaw.
Bill cherished his wife, Caywood, their two daughters, Carrie and Ginger, and Andy's family. He was loved by his patients, and several memorials have been established in his honor. The class joins our classmate Andy and Bill's family in mourning his passing.
The Class of 1970
Donald John Mathison '71
Don Mathison died Mar. 3, 1996, in Washington, D.C., after a long illness.
He graduated with distinction from the Asheville School in North Carolina. At Princeton he adapted and directed classical plays for Theatre Intime. He graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and was class salutatorian. Awarded a Keasbey Scholarship, he received BA and MA degrees from Oxford U.
He worked in Sen. Strom Thurmond's office while attending Georgetown U. Law Center, from which he graduated cum laude in 1980. For five years he was in private law practice while he taught at the U. of Maryland and Catholic U. of America law schools. He became a fulltime professor in 1985 and held law professorships at Hofstra U. and U. of Detroit-Mercy, where he was employed prior to his death. Don was deputy editor of Tax Management International Forum and published various articles in law journals and tax periodicals. Don taught and studied the classics at U. of Michigan, where he had earned an MA degree and was working on his doctorate.
Don is survived by his two brothers, David Rowe Mathison and Robert V. Mathison Jr., devoted friend James Hambuechen, and eight nieces and nephews.
The Class of 1971

Susanne O'Sullivan Stearns '83
Our class is saddened by the Aug. 4, 1996, death of Susanne O'Sullivan Stearns in Boston of complications from a bone marrow transplant. She had struggled with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for over two years, but had maintained a positive outlook and was a steadfast support for her family and friends.
Susanne came to Princeton from ConcordCarlisle H.S. in Massachusetts where she excelled academically and served as president of the Natl. Honor Society and class secretary. At Princeton, Susanne participated in gymnastics and served as a class representative. She was a resident adviser her senior year and she also was the founder of POWER, Princeton's first support group for women with eating disorders.
Upon graduation Susanne worked for Procter & Gamble and the following spring married Steve Stearns '84. They lived in Karlsruhe, Germany, for four years where she earned a master's in education from Boston U.'s satellite at the U. of Heidelberg. Susanne worked as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor in Karlsruhe and at Mount Auburn Hospital upon her return to the States. She and Steve's home was in Fairfield, Conn.
Susanne was an active, vibrant, and deeply spiritual person. She had a natural ability to encourage people to see the humorous side of life and to inspire them to become their best.
She is survived by her husband, Steve, her children, Benjamin and Madeleine, her mother, Mary Jane O'Sullivan, her brothers, Stephen and William, and her sister, Mary Jane St. Jean.
The Class of 1983

Augustine K. K. Lee *68
Gus died Mar. 11, 1997, in Vancouver, Canada, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 56.
After completing his undergraduate degree at Ottawa U., Gus continued his graduate education at Princeton, where he received a PhD in chemical engineering. He made many friends at the Graduate School and earned a reputation as a true gentleman and a valuable bridge partner.
After Princeton, a wideranging career in teaching and research took Gus and his family to Canada, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He was associated with Laurentian U., Singapore U., U. of British Columbia, IGT in Algeria, and the Petroleum Research Institute in Saudi Arabia. His hobbies included tennis, swimming, and sailing.
Gus is survived by his wife, Sophia, son Anthony '92, and daughter Patricia, to whom we extend our deepest sympathy. He will be remembered by his friends with great fondness.
The Graduate Alumni