Oldest Living Princeton Undergraduate Dies

Mal­colm Warnock, the old­est known liv­ing Prince­ton under­grad­u­ate alum­nus of all time, has passed away at the age of 107. Mal­colm Roe Warnock was a part of the Class of 1925.

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Mal­com Warnock at Reunions 2008.
Photo Cour­tesy Prince­ton Alumni Weekly

The unof­fi­cial dis­tin­guished title of the Old­est Prince­ton Under­grad­u­ate was des­ig­nated to Mr. Warnock after a search of the index of PAW Memo­ri­als pub­lished between 1894 and 2012 for under­grad­u­ate alumni who died 80 or more years after graduation.
The fol­low­ing list shows other than Mr. Warnock, the ten old­est Princetonians:
Steven Hirsch ‘1917, who died in 2000 at the age of 105
Leonard L. Ernst ‘1925 ‚who died in 2008 at the age of 103.
Eli­jah V. Gordy ‘1912, who died in 1993 at the age of 103

Arthur Cort Holden ‘1912, who died in 1993 at the age of 103

Robert R. Lester ‘1916, who died in 1997 at the age of 103

Harold R. Med­ina ‘1909, who died in 1990 at the age of 102. (Medina’s Papers are housed at Mudd Man­u­script Library.)

Ali­son Reid Bryan ‘1913, who died in 1992 at the age of 101

George E. Strebel ‘1914, who died in 1995 at the age of 101

Carl Bischoff ‘1916, who died in 1991 at the age of 100

Charles “Cupid” E. White­house Jr. ‘1915 , who died 1995 at the age of 100

Wal­ton Clark Jr. ‘1908, who died in 1987 at the age of 99

Carl F. Hin­rich­sen ‘1907, who died in 1985 at the age of 97

While a stu­dent at Prince­ton, Warnock was listed as a mem­ber of the Key and Seal Club.

In addi­tion to the honor of being the Old­est Prince­ton Under­grad­u­ate, Mr. Warnock was also the first per­son to return for his 87th Reunion, as well as hav­ing been given the 1923 Class cane a record num­ber eight times in 2012.

Mal­colm Warnock is sur­vived by his two daugh­ters, Mar­garet Car­lough and Elanor Warnock.

Addi­tional report­ing by: Christie Peterson