Bob died Jan. 3, 2006, at home in Wilmington, Del. He was 96.
Born Feb. 21, 1909, in Davenport, Iowa, he attended the Lawrenceville
School and graduated from Princeton with a bachelor’s in engineering.
He earned a master’s in chemical engineering in 1934. He was elected
an associate of the Society of the Sigma Xi. In the 1930s he played in
a jazz band, touring Europe during his summers off from college.
He joined DuPont Co. and contributed to engineering technology developments
across a number of manufacturing sites, and worked in leadership positions
with the engineering service division prior to his 1971 retirement. A
devoted husband, father, and grandfather, Bob delighted in being with
family and friends at the Long Beach Island (N.J.) house he designed in
1947.
He was a member of the governor’s economic committee in Delaware
and of the Wilmington and New Castle County Management Studies Committee;
he also served on the Tatnall School Board of Trustees from 1963 to 1974,
the last seven years as president.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Martha Melvin Ficke; and by
his children, Robert C. III, C. Darden, Christopher M., Virginia F. Junkin,
and Hunter H.; and by 13 grandchildren.
The Class of 1933
Benjamin Howell Griswold III ’33
Ben, who led the investment firm Alex. Brown & Sons for more than
three decades, and was a decorated World War II veteran and steeplechase
rider, died Jan. 14, 2006. He was 93.
A great-great-great-grandson of Irish-born linen merchant Alexander
Brown, Ben directed the investment firm’s conversion to a corporation
in 1983 after 178 years as a partnership. He had overseen its 1974 acquisition
of another old Baltimore business, Robert Garrett & Sons.
Born in Baltimore, Ben was a 1929 Gilman School graduate, earning a
bachelor’s degree from Princeton the year that Alex. Brown &
Sons purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, where he would serve
as a director for three years in the 1950s.
Ben became Alex. Brown’s senior partner in 1946 and retained that
position until his 1979 retirement. In 1951, Ben was named a trustee of
Johns Hopkins University, a post he held for many years.
Ben is survived by the former Arabella Leith Symington, his wife of
nearly 70 years; his sons, Jack “Jay” Symington Griswold and
Benjamin Howell Griswold IV; his daughters, Lelia Leith Griswold and Nancy
Griswold Knox; and 11 grandchildren.
The Class of 1933
Huyler Louis Lisk ’33
Huyler died Aug. 5, 2005, at home. He was 93.
Huyler was valedictorian and president of his senior class at Cranford
(N.J.) High School. He attended Princeton on a scholarship and ran an
ice cream business to help fund his way. His degree was in public and
international affairs.
Huyler was a certified public accountant with Lybrand, Ross Brothers
& Montgomery in New York City for 41 years, retiring in 1974. He was
a member of the New York State Society of CPAs and the American Institute
of Accountants.
He married Kathryn E. Austin in 1935. The couple lived in Cranford and
Millburn, N.J., until 1977 when they moved to Upland to live near their
daughter. Huyler was a member of Upland United Methodist Church and a
faithful and active member in several other churches.
Huyler enjoyed his family and his home. He was an avid sports fan of
all Indiana and New York teams. He was a gentle, sweet, winsome man and
a true gentleman, loved and respected by all who knew him.
Kathryn predeceased him as did his brother, Lloyd, and a grandson, David
Bronkar. Huyler’s survivors include his daughters, Janet Jarman
and Carolyn Bronkar; a brother, Douglas; three grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
The Class of 1933
PETER HAVENS REMINGTON ’34
Pete, an Air Force colonel who retired in 1968 after serving more than
33 years, died Feb. 11, 2006, at his winter home in Vero Beach, Fla. He
was 94.
During his Air Force career he piloted more than 50 different types
of military aircraft and was awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying
Cross, and Air Medal with eight Oak Leaf clusters for flying missions
against the Germans and Italians in World War II. He was a veteran of
33 bombing missions over enemy installations with the 57th Bombardment
Wing of the 12th Air Force, which he commanded.
Pete married Jeanne Gamble Atkinson in 1946. After his retirement he
and Jeanne lived in Watertown, N.Y., for several years. Later, they were
summer residents of Clayton, N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River, and spent
winters in Vero Beach.
Surviving, besides Jeanne, are a daughter, Margot; two sons, Peter H.
Jr. and Harold A.; and six grandchildren.
The Class of 1934
LENDALL PITTS WARRINER ’34
Len, of Bedford, Mass., St. Michael’s, Md., and Ardsley-on-Hudson,
N.Y., a minerals consultant and economic geologist who was also an avid
birder, golfer, and joke teller, died Feb. 10, 2006. He was 93.
His business travels took him to every continent but Asia, every country
in South America, and every state in the Unites States. Summers he spent
with his family at Pocono Lake Preserve in Pennsylvania, “a great
place,” as he once wrote, “for visits from children and grandchildren.”
Len was an enthusiastic classmate and loyal Princetonian. The Warriners’
Princeton lineage began with Wood Rutter 1905, the father of Ruth, Len’s
wife of 61 years, who survives; as do Len’s brother, John S., and
his son-in-law, William P. Newhall ’70, husband of Len’s youngest
daughter, Ibbits. Also surviving are Len’s older daughters, Judy
Walke and Tucker Smith, and Sarah Newhall ’06, Ibbits’s daughter,
whose graduation from Princeton this spring Len had hoped to attend.
“I am content,” Len wrote, “with the thought that
my productive years have added modestly to the well-being of my fellow
man and that in my children I have served the future.”
The Class of 1934
Thomas Kenworthy III ’39
A year ago Teke, who had Parkinson’s disease, fell and suffered
an injury to his head. Then in June he had major surgery for lung cancer.
He died Aug. 18, 2005.
Losing him just at this time was doubly hard for his wife, Wynne, because
she and Teke were planning to move to a new home in Tennessee and he did
not live long enough to enjoy it.
Teke’s career as a wool merchant began when he left college in
1937 to join Thomas Kenworthy Sons, wool merchants selling to carpet manufacturers.
World War II found him working for SKF Industries and serving in the Navy.
Teke married Mollie Wells of Philadelphia in 1937; they had three children,
but were later divorced, and Teke married Elizabeth Grubb, which brought
him three stepchildren. He and Elizabeth eventually divorced. He moved
to California, where he was owner of Westinghouse Security Systems. Upon
his retirement, he and Wynne settled in their North Carolina home where
he could spend time sailing and reading.
To Wynne, his six children, and 15 grandchildren, we offer our sincere
sympathy.
The Class of 1939
WILLIAM FRANKLIN BOHLEN ’45
Buzz Bohlen died Jan. 14, 2006.
Buzz prepared for Princeton at St. Paul’s, following his father,
Francis ’17, and brother Francis III ’43. He joined Ivy Club
and accelerated his education, receiving a degree in economics in 1944
along with election to Phi Beta Kappa, before leaving for service in the
Navy amphibious forces in the Pacific, seeing combat as a deck officer.
He earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1948 and
joined the law firm of Dechert, Price & Rhoads, rising to partner
and specializing in corporate law.
As a resident of Radnor (Pa.) Township, he was active with local civic
associations. In the 1970s, he held various positions in Radnor Township
government, including membership on the board of commissioners. Buzz retired
from Dechert in 1988 and devoted his attention to organizations such as
Common Cause on the political front and the Nature Conservancy on the
environmental front. His hobbies were bridge and golf, and he was a member
of Gulph Mills Golf Club.
In addition to Francis and another brother, Dudley, Buzz is survived
by his children, William F. Jr., Priscilla D., Edward G. ’75, and
Laurie Brown. The class expresses its sympathy to all.
The Class of 1945
HENRY GEORGE FISCHER ’45
Henry died Jan. 11, 2006, in Newtown, Pa. He was 82.
After majoring in English, graduating magna cum laude, and
publishing a volume of poetry with classmates, he taught English at the
American University of Beirut, where he met his future wife and began
a lifelong love of the Middle East and Egyptology.
After earning a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, he joined
the curatorial staff of the Egyptian department at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York. He was head of the department from 1964 to 1970, when
a research chair was endowed for him, a position he held until retirement.
He played a crucial role in bringing the Temple of Dendur to the museum,
and his wide-ranging Egyptological publications emphasized the relationship
between language and art.
As a student of early music, Henry played the sackbut, a forerunner
of the trombone, and wrote its history. In retirement, he published numerous
collections of formal verse. As a citizen, he helped found and guide Americans
for Middle East Understanding, an organization promoting exchange in the
interests of regional peace and justice.
The class expresses its sympathy on the loss of this outstanding scholar
and classmate to Eleanor Teel Fischer, his wife of 53 years, and his daughter,
Katherine F. Taylor.
The Class of 1945
Robert W. Bjork ’47
Bob died Oct. 23, 2005, following a long and valiant battle with Parkinson’s
disease.
In 1944 he entered Princeton, left for two years in the Navy, then returned
to the University and became a founding member of the Tigertones. After
graduating from Princeton in 1949, and Harvard Law School in 1952, Bob
practiced law as a litigator and as a prosecutor until 1960, then changed
his business focus to money management and financial consulting.
Despite the Parkinson’s, he stayed active with family, friends,
business, and travel. He loved fly-fishing, and annual trips to Alaska
were his favorites. Bob also loved Princeton, and Reunions provided a
special lift to him, especially last May. He treasured the fellowship
of his classmates and the revelry of singing again with the Tigertones.
Those connections became life-sustaining, as singing became part of his
voice therapy, literally giving him the breath he needed.
The loving support and care of his wife, Pat, enabled him to participate
in many class activities. Indeed, the richness of his bonds with Princeton
ran as a continuous thread in his life. Many classmates attended his memorial
service and heard the Tigertones gloriously singing him on to his final
rest. We extend our love and sympathy to Pat and the family.
The Class of 1947
Hugh B. Hanson ’47
Hugh was a wonderfully talented, beloved classmate — a blithe
spirit who enriched our lives.
At Princeton, he excelled in engineering, led the Glee Club, inspired
spontaneous songfests, and wrote the book for “Clear the Track”
— a superb Triangle show. After graduation, in 1952, he married
Martha Ann, a talented singer who joined Hugh in many musical activities.
For 39 years, he worked in the paper production business, uniting this
vocation with a rewarding avocation: a project to restore Rittenhouse
Village in Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Park, site of America’s
first paper mill.
Hugh served us brilliantly as a class officer, and as a composer of
many ’47 songs and of signs we all carried in reunion parades that
inspired raucous cheers from onlookers. He led our Lend a Hand project,
which encouraged and recorded the diverse public services still rendered
by many aging classmates.
During a recent mini, he continued to light up our lives, especially
when we joined in singing his creation, “Flutterby Little Butterfly,”
while we glided down the Mississippi.
On Dec. 12, 2005, Hugh, who had serious cardiac problems, went peacefully
to sleep with his dog on his lap. He never woke up.
To Martha Ann, the children, and grandchildren, this celebration with
our love.
The Class of 1947
JOHN A. DEERY ’50
John died of prostate cancer Dec. 1, 2005, at his home in Mattapoisett,
Mass.
Born in Salem, Mass., John graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. At
Princeton, he majored in English and was a member of Cannon Club. Two
years at Harvard Business School followed. Since his earlier maritime
service did not exempt him from the military during the Korean conflict,
he joined the Marine Corps at Quantico. Upon completion of his tour, he
went to night law school at Suffolk (Mass.) University. For 30 years he
worked for the “late and venerable” F.W. Woolworth Co., as
he described it.
A year ago, he and his wife, Joanella, sold the family homestead of
some 60 years in Marblehead, Mass., and moved to Joanella’s birthplace,
Mattapoisett.
John enjoyed sailing, skiing, tennis, singing, and crooning in Tigertone
style, keeping in touch with several classmates, and especially spending
time with his 14 grandchildren.
Our sympathy goes to Joanella, his wife of 50 years; his children, Shawna,
John III, Sean, Eliza, Tristram, and their spouses; his grandchildren;
and his sister, Virginia.
The Class of 1950
JOHN A. FAILL ’50
John died in Florida Sept. 19, 2005.
John was born and raised in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and graduated from
Ridley School in St. Catherine, Ontario. Transferring to Princeton from
Niagara University in 1948, he majored in chemistry and belonged to Elm
Club.
John’s early career was as a chemist and product manager with
DuPont in Niagara Falls; Memphis, Tenn.; and Wilmington, Del. In 1966,
with his second wife, Patricia, he bought a “dream” home in
Lewes Beach, Del., where he enjoyed swimming, sailing, fishing, and clamming.
In 1971, tired of the corporate environment, he took a job with Barcroft
Co. in Lewes Beach. In his 25th bio, John noted that one of Barcroft’s
products was Maalox, in case any classmates suffered from the gastronomic
pains of big-city living.
He retired to Fort Myers, Fla., in 1981, where he busied himself with
travel and local affairs. Unfortunately, Patricia died suddenly in 1994.
John remained in Fort Myers, where he continued his local activities and
kept in close touch with his children and friends.
Our condolences go to John’s sister, Susan; his brother, Rodger;
his children, Denise, John IV, and James; stepchildren Page Holmquist
and Chip Adams; and four grandchildren.
The Class of 1950
ROBERT RENWICK BOTTIMORE JR. ’51
Bob was born March 16, 1928, in Tazewell, Va., and died of complications
from dementia and diabetes May 23, 2005, in Florence, Ala.
He came to us from Fork Union Military Academy and was a politics major.
A member of Campus Club, he roomed with Brad Currey, Stan Hoffburger,
Steve Seidel, and Ed Simonsen.
After graduation, he spent more than nine years in the Navy, becoming
an alumnus of the Rickover Nuclear Power Program. After leaving the Navy,
he worked for NASA as a nuclear engineer, and then worked with the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission until he retired in 1983. He consulted for several
years after that in Maryland and Alabama.
Bob married Wilma Madden Boggs in 1954. After retirement, they relocated
to Florence, where he was active in the music and international students’
programs at the University of North Alabama. He contributed scholarships
to UNA and formed the Bottimore Outstanding Academic Achievement Award
to recognize teaching in physics, foreign languages, and the arts. A longtime
member of the UNA president’s cabinet, he received an honorary doctorate
from the university.
Wilma died in 2002. Bob is survived by their children, Ann Miller, John,
and David; and their grandchildren, Elly and Drew.
The Class of 1951
ARTHUR COLLINS JR. ’52 *56
Art died peacefully at his home in Wilton, Conn., Sept. 3, 2005, after
a hard-fought battle with cancer.
Born in New York City, he prepared for Princeton at Kent School, and
at Princeton he prospered as an architecture major, a hockey-team stalwart,
and Cottage Club member.
After serving two years in the Navy and earning his MFA in architecture
from Princeton in 1956, Art commenced a long and distinguished career
in real-estate development. He began in New York and later, with his founding
of Collins Development Corp. in 1969, concentrated in Connecticut and
New Jersey. Among his distinguished work is today’s Palmer Square.
He purchased the square from the University in 1980, redeveloped it, and
later sold it.
Art’s lifelong passions included the sea, sailing, and maritime
history; ice hockey, which he played competitively into his 70s; horseback
riding the world over, especially with Chips Chester and Bob Jiranek;
and Kent School, whose campus he helped shape.
A strong family man, he reveled in having his sons, Arthur and Dwight,
work with him. In addition to them, Art is survived by his wife, Judith;
daughter Merrill; stepson Benjamin; brother Hunt; and six grandchildren.
To the family, the class extends deepest condolences.
The Class of 1952
GEORGE BARNETT McNELIS ’52
George died of a cerebral hemorrhage Aug. 20, 2005, at the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, he entered Princeton from Episcopal Academy. At
Princeton he was a basic engineering major, a discus thrower for the track
team, a member of Cap and Gown, and an Army ROTC student.
Following Princeton, George served three years of active duty at several
stateside proving grounds. He then returned to the Philadel-phia area
where, after earning a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania,
he had a highly successful lifelong career as an independent lawyer specializing
in representing small businesses. He served on more than 20 mostly pro
bono boards and boards of small corporations. His other pro bono work
was extensive, ranging from churches to JFK’s Philadelphia campaign
to local community action associations and boards of elections.
In 1980 George married his beloved Jean. Commenting on her life with
George, Jean spoke for all who knew him: “Our life together was
great fun with his sociable ways, great sense of humor, and extraordinary
intellect.”
In addition to Jean, George is survived by a brother, John; a sister,
Polly Myer; several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. To them,
the class extends deepest sympathy.
The Class of 1952
THOMAS WORTHINGTON ’52
Tom died from cancer Oct. 22, 2005, at the age of 76. He was a recent
resident of Zurich, Switzerland.
Tom grew up in Birmingham, Ala., with future 1952 classmates Biddle
Worthington, Bobby Parker, Jimmy Simpson, Charles Carpenter, and John
Coleman. After attending Birmingham University School, he joined the Army
in 1946 and was stationed in Japan.
After earning his Princeton degree in electrical engineering, Tom joined
Hughes Aircraft, for which he traveled extensively. One of his assignments
took him to Switzerland, where he met his future wife, Rosemary Ramseyer.
They married in 1965 and initially lived in California, where he worked
for Litton.
Tom spent the second half of his life in Europe, living in Switzerland,
France, Holland, and Belgium. The companies he worked for included Philips,
Data General, Sundstrand, and Wang. His personal interests included music
and squash.
Predeceased by Rosemary, Tom is survived by his children, Nicole and
Allen. To them, the class extends its deepest sympathies.
The Class of 1952
WILLIAM T. POMEROY JR. ’55
Bill died Aug. 9, 2005, at home in East Liverpool, Ohio, after a brief
illness.
He joined our class from Choate, departing in 1954 and later graduating
from the University of Pittsburgh. Following three years’ shipboard
service in the Pacific as a Naval officer, Bill returned to Ohio and a
successful career in the manufacture of chinaware, an industry native
to the area.
He was a lifelong resident of the eastern Ohio city, and was an active
leader of Trinity Presbyterian Church and the East Liverpool YMCA, and
served on the East Liverpool City Hospital board.
Bill is survived by Josephine, his wife of 45 years; daughters Meg Pomeroy
and Natalie Koos; sons Robert, William III, John and James; and three
grandsons. The class extends deepest sympathy to all the family.
The Class of 1955
GABRIEL MARKISOHN ’56
Gabe died Nov. 16, 2005, at home in Middletown, Del.
Born in Budapest, he survived the Holocaust and was housed with displaced
persons before immigrating to the United States in 1947. Eventually living
with a foster family in St. Louis, he attended University City High School.
At Princeton, he studied civil engineering and captained the track team.
For the past 25 years, he was an innovator in design, construction, and
management of senior living and nursing-home facilities.
To Gabe, his family was everything. He loved his wife, Terry; his brother;
his children, Kathy, Brad, and Jim; and their families. His five grandchildren
were his “delight.”
Gabe loved music — classical, opera, big band, and Broadway. Terry
recalls a splendid moment when, returning to Hungary, he had the chance
to touch Beethoven’s piano.
Gabe loved Princeton. Showing Terry the campus — dorms, where
grades were posted, Cap and Gown, he said that he found solace in the
Chapel. Looking to a higher power, he had asked, “Why am I in an
element far beyond anything I could have imagined?”
On Dec. 3, 2005, in the Chapel, many who miss him sought solace. The
class extends deep sympathy to his family.
The Class of 1956
Robert M. King ’57
Bob King died Jan. 15, 2006, in Wilton, Conn.
At Princeton, he majored in electrical engineering and joined Key and
Seal Club. His senior year he roomed in Little Hall with Hal Brayman,
Henry Elliott, Harris Colt, Gordon Fowler, and John MacKay.
After Princeton, Bob attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, graduating
in 1958. He also graduated from Harvard Business School in the 1960s.
He spent his career at IBM, where he was group director of the corporate
litigation support department. He loved collecting antique walking sticks,
gardening, tropical fish, and technology.
He was the beloved husband of Laura Bethea King, father of Donald King
and Caroline King Hawk, and brother of Carlys King Swenn. The class sends
its sympathy to his family.
The Class of 1957
KALMAN RUTTENSTEIN ’58
Kal Ruttenstein died Dec. 8, 2005, of complications from lymphoma.
Kal came to Princeton from the Nichols School in Buffalo. He was a member
of Charter Club, manager of the ice hockey team, and performed in the
1957 Triangle Club production After a Fashion. Kal majored in
English, graduated with honors, and went on to earn an MBA from Columbia.
At his death, Kal was Bloomingdale’s senior vice president and
fashion director. Despite suffering from a 1997 stroke that made walking
difficult, he remained the very prominent, even legendary, Bloomingdale’s
guru, having the last word on trends in fashion and traveling on buying
trips to Europe several times a year. A familiar figure at the newest
restaurants, he was successful in merging show business with fashion.
His retailing career started at Lord & Taylor, then Saks. He became
president of Bonwit Teller before moving to Bloomingdale’s in 1977.
For his career, he was awarded in 2002 the French Légion d’Honneur
in Paris and the Eleanor Lambert Award for Lifetime Achievement in Fashion
in New York.
Kal had no immediate survivors. His life was celebrated by Ralph Lauren,
Donna Karan, and others at a memorial service in January at Carnegie Hall.
The Class of 1958
Samuel Martin Sperling ’60
Martin died Oct. 14, 2003, after a courageous struggle with a rare form
of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Throughout his life, he was careful about
his health and diet, and enjoyed tennis, running, and hiking. He did his
best to fight his illness and participated in a clinical trial in addition
to conventional treatments.
While at Princeton, Martin worked at WPRB as an engineer, and sometimes
employed his good radio voice as a substitute DJ. Later, he continued
his interest in radio by collecting old receivers and radio shows on LPs,
tapes, and CDs. In addition, he compiled an extensive collection of jazz
music from Django Reinhart to Bill Evans, and everything in between.
After Princeton, Martin earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University
of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California,
Berkeley. His career combined research and teaching in both fields, plus
basic and applied physics research in nuclear medicine and medical imaging
as well as consulting for major firms in San Diego.
Martin is survived by his wife, Irene Costa Sperling; his brother and
sister-in-law, Gary and Suzanne Sperling; and a niece, Lisa Sperling.
His class extends its deepest sympathy to all his family.
The Class of 1960
Chrystian Alden Wurmser ’92
Chrys died of leukemia Feb. 3, 2006, surrounded by friends and family.
Raised in Massachusetts, he graduated from Princeton magna cum laude
before embarking on an investment-banking career. “Wurm,”
as he was known to many, worked for JPMorgan in New York before moving
to San Francisco in 1997.
Blessed with a brilliant mind and quick sense of humor, Chrys was a
gentle and compassionate person who was devoted to those he loved. Affable,
genuine, and altruistic, he was loved by all who knew him. Rarely speaking
a negative word, Chrys saw the good in every person.
Chrys was a passionate football fan, an avid bridge player, and a formidable
foosball player. He was a committed member of Tower Club, and could often
be found in the game room playing a spirited game of beer pong.
He is survived by his partner of four years, Stephen Yarbrough; brothers
Andrew and Jonathan; his parents, John and Nancy; goddaughter Samantha
Gove; miniature schnauzers Alex and Dory; and a close circle of friends
and colleagues. He will be sorely missed.
A scholarship in Chrys’ name has been established at the University.
The class extends deepest sympathy to Chrys’ family and friends.
The Class of 1992
Graduate Alumni
JACK LEVINE *34
Jack Levine, a retired professor of mathematics, died June 9, 2005.
He was 98.
Levine graduated from UCLA in 1929 and enrolled the following year at
Princeton. He received his doctorate in mathematics in 1934, subsequently
teaching at North Carolina State, where he remained for his entire career.
In 1970, he was inducted into that university’s Academy of Outstanding
Teachers.
Levine served in the Signal Corps from 1943 to 1945 and was awarded
the Legion of Merit Award for his outstanding service with the Army Security
Agency. Subsequent research included definitive work in cryptography.
An avid fan of detective fiction, Levine donated more than 2,000 mysteries
to the library at North Carolina State.
Predeceased by his wife and four siblings, Levine leaves behind several
nieces and nephews.
JOSEPH J. IANNUCCI JR. *72
Joseph John Iannucci Jr., a leading visionary of the distributed-resources
industry, died of cancer Nov. 4, 2004, in Livermore, Calif. He was 56.
Iannucci graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1969 and
earned a master’s in astrophysics from Princeton. After 15 years
at the Sandia National Laboratory, he moved to Pacific Gas & Electric.
While working for PG&E, he and a colleague proposed the distributed-utility
concept, which involved investing in small electric generation and storage
technologies to meet local demands within the larger, centralized grid.
Over the course of the 1990s this radically new idea, described by some
as an “intellectual bolt,” became mainstream thinking in a
power industry anxious to reduce cost of services as well as environmental
impacts.
Iannucci founded Distributed Utility Associates in 1993 in order to
bridge the gap between electric utilities and the emerging distributed-resources
community. He authored seminal studies of the economic and environmental
consequences of distributed resources and was a dedicated mentor and teacher.
Iannucci was also an avid rock hound, accomplished tenor, and world
traveler. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, a son, and a daughter.
This issue has undergraduate memorials for Robert Carl Ficke Jr. ’33
*34 and Arthur Collins Jr. ’52 *56.