Robert Goheen '40 *48 is a member of the donor class for 1940 Hall, shown here at night, and was Princeton's president when the dorm was dedicated at the class’s 25th reunion in June 1965. William Meredith Jr. '40 wrote a quatrain for fallen classmates who died in World War II that was inscribed on a plaque at the building’s entrance:
Living and dying they showed us a brave way.
Friends who remember them built this hall.
You who pass here and learn new selves today,
Finding that study good, befriend us all.