FRANCIS MILLER '27
Francis Miller died Sept. 20, 1997, after breaking his hip in a fall in August at his home in New Milford, Conn. Fay came to us from Deerfield Academy as a member of a large Princeton family, including his father, Hugh '01, uncles J. A. Miller 1893, G. H. Miller 1893, L. H. Miller 1897, and Emory Miller '05, and brother D. H. Miller '29. At Princeton he was on the varsity crew squad. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1930 and was associated with the Boston law firm of Warner, Stradpole, Stetson & Bradee for 11 years. In 1936 he married Jan Matthews and moved to Manchester, Mass. From 1942-43, he was counsel for Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. Active in Princeton affairs, he was secretary of the Princeton Alumni Assn. of New England from 1937-44, and then was a regional v.p.
During WWII, he was a lieutenant (jg) and became tax officer on the staff of Rear Admiral Milo Miles, head of the Naval Intelligence "sub rosa" project in Chungking, China. He retired as lieutenant commander in 1946. He moved to NYC, worked for W. P. Grace, and wrote legal articles on taxation for the American Bar Assn. In 1948 he married Agnes Roman.
He retired in 1976. Among his civic activities, he worked for the Beckman Downtown Hospital in NYC, the Merry Community Center, and Meantinodge Heritage, Inc., a land preservation concern. He was a great world-traveler. To his survivors, the class offers sympathy in the loss of one of its colorful members.
The Class of 1927

ALEXANDER CHARTIS BELL '34
Lex Bell, a former school teacher turned travel agency executive, died Sept. 21, 1997, of Alzheimer's, once described by his wife, Tita, as "a pretty miserable disease." He was 85.
An active and popular member of the class and, in undergraduate years, of the Triangle Club, Lex joined, after graduation, the independent and highly respected elementary school in Lake Forest, Ill., that his father, Allen C. Bell, had started in 1902 with 20 pupils. By 1934 the enrollment at the Bell School had increased to about 155, and Lex taught there and did administrative work for 26 years.
In 1955 Lex and Catharine "Tita" Johnson, whom he'd met in 1938 at his family's summer place in Ontario and married the following year, bought a principal interest in a fledgling travel agency. Our class barging trip on the inland waterways of France in 1993 was arranged by Lex and Tita.
Surviving, besides Tita, a 1937 graduate of Miss Porter's, are a son, Stewart; three daughters, Chartis Langmaid, Catharine Buxton, and Alexandra Wetteroth, and six grandchildren. To them we offer our sincere sympathies.
The Class of 1934

ANDERSON FOWLER '35
Andy Fowler died July 10, 1997, from injuries suffered from a fall in January. He was 85. He came to Princeton from St. Paul's and roomed with Ollie Langenberg and Toly Pyle. At college, Andy belonged to Ivy Club, majored in French, played polo, rode in amateur jump races, and played an excellent hand of bridge.
He married Genevieve Brady in 1937 and they had a daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1938. Genevieve died in 1965, and Andy later married Elaine Darlington. The Fowlers were lifelong residents of Gladstone, N.J. During WWII, Andy instructed horsemanship at Ft. Riley, and served as a captain with the First Cavalry in the Pacific, where he earned a Bronze Star in the landings at Leyte Gulf.
Andy's main career interests were in dairy farming, as a breeder and owner of race horses, and in politics. He served terms as a New Jersey assemblyman and as a Somerset County freeholder. His interest in the outdoors was exemplified by his service as master of the Essex Fox Hounds and by his memberships in the Jockey Club, Westminster Kennel Club, Coaching Club, Anglers Club, and NY Farmers Club.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine, daughter and son-in-law, Binnie and Eddie Houghton, two stepsons, two granddaughters, and four great-granddaughters, to all of whom we send most sincere condolences.
The Class of 1935

DAVID S. LONG '37
Cheerful, friendly, humorous, frequent letter-to-the-editor writer Snapper Long died Sept. 16, 1997, surviving his wife, Ann, and leaving a niece and two grandnieces.
Snapper earned a graduate degree at the U. of Pittsburgh and studied at Cornell, Union Theological Seminary, the U. of Pennsylvania, the American Academy in Rome, and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. During WWII, he rose from private to first lieutenant artillery officer. Awarded the Bronze Star and Air Medals for our European campaigns from Normandy through Austria as a forward and air observer, he said, "Been going thru Hell. Damned interesting war, tho."
He worked with the Shenango Pottery Co. in manufacturing, sales, and as a department foreman. After 1952 he taught at several schools, including the Armed Forces Institute in Salzburg, Kiski, The Hill, St. Louis Country Day, and finally, for 17 years, at Slippery Rock U., where he was voted best teacher. He retired in 1980 to raise melons on his 100-acre farm.
He was a proponent of Princeton coeducation. Review his unforgettable memories in our 50th Yearbook. He said in 1991, "My 30 years in academia have convinced me that our higher education establishment is now firmly in the hands of a demolition derby crew bent on nothing less than the destruction of Western civilization."
The Class of 1937

STUART JOHN STEBBINS '38
Jack Stebbins died at his home in Hanover, N.H., June 9, 1997, nearly a year after suffering a stroke that cut short his brilliant career.
He prepared at Exeter, joined Cannon Club, rowed on our lightweight crew, and became cadet-major of our ROTC unit. After earning a law degree from Yale, he served in the Army Ordnance Division during WWII and was discharged as a captain. After the war, he worked as a partner with Norris Cotton and Charlie Tesreau, and then as senior partner of what is now Stebbins Bradley Wood and Harvey in Hanover. He was the force behind the creation of Dresden School District, the country's first interstate school district; on the board of trustees of several banks; board president of Hitchcock Memorial Hospital; and for 25 years was a justice of the Hanover Municipal and District Courts. For his support of community works, Jack received, in 1973, the Class of '38's Distinguished Service Award.
Jack loved skiing, sailing, and rowing. Yet his greatest enthusiasms were mountain climbing and biking, often accompanied by classmates Doc Kelley, Jerry Barzaghi, and Charlie Toll, as well as his wife, Phoebe, whom he married in 1941. He biked to work well into his seventies.
Phoebe survives him, as well as his children, Ann Cioffi, Martha Moore, David, and John, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. His classmates join them in the sadness of losing a splendid, gentle man.
The Class of 1938

PAUL CONSTANT DEBRY JR. '43
Paul died June 7, 1997, at Piedmont [N.C.] Medical Center. He was 75.
A native of Tarrytown, N.Y., he prepared at Repton and Rugby in England. During WWII, Paul served with the Air Force in the Pacific theater; he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Paul's entire business career encompassed many years outside the continental U.S. with CPC Intl., in such places as Europe, Cuba, and Japan. Outside office and home, Paul was active in the Lions Club and The Rams, as well as raising funds for Hospice.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara; one son, Paul C. III; two daughters, Elizabeth Debry Lorenzo and Belinda Debry Oxley; and five grandchildren. To the entire family, we offer our deepest and most heartfelt condolences.
The Class of 1943

EVERETT KNAPP DILWORTH '56
Ev Dilworth died Apr. 15, 1997, in Pittsburgh, Pa., of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. He was the son of Harrison P. Dilworth Jr. '22. Ev came to Princeton from St. Paul Academy in St. Paul, Minn. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Campus Club. His roommates in senior year were Allen Balsbaugh, Kermit A. Brandt, Thomas Osborn, Fred S. Sater, and John C. Scott. Following graduation, Ev attended law school at the U. of Michigan, where he roomed with another classmate, Garry Heher. Ev was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1960. He joined the firm of Patterson, Crawford, Arensberg & Dunn, where he became a partner. He left in 1981 to go into private practice specializing in oil and gas and trust estate law. Ev will always be fondly remembered for his wit, devotion to family, loyalty to his friends, and his enormous generosity. He loved St. Paul Academy and Princeton with a great passion. He is, and always will be, sorely missed by all of us who knew and worked with him.
Ev is survived by his wife, Janice, their son, George, his brother, Harrison, and his sister, Stephenie Crane. The class extends to each of them its sincerest sympathy.
The Class of 1956