Robert F. Goheen Dies At 88
Former Princeton University President Robert F. Goheen has died at the age of 88. Goheen revolutionized Princeton by allowing women to enroll and by doubling its size.
Goheen, who was youngest president to assume the post since the Revolutionary War, changed the university fundamentally. Not only did he quadruple the university’s budget, but also increased the number of faculty members by 40 percent.
The New York Times reports that in addition to being the director of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowships and the appointed U.S. ambassador to India, Goheen was also the writer of the “The Imagery of Sophocles Antigone” book.
On his retirement in 1972, Dr. Goheen became president of the Council on Foundations. In 1977, he was appointed United States ambassador to India, where he served until 1980. In 1981, he became a senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University.
According to PR-inside.com, the cause of Goheen’s death was sudden heart failure.
Robert F. Goheen, who led Princeton University during the 1960s, a time of rapid turbulent change for the college and the world, died Monday. He was 88.
Goheen is survived by his wife Margaret Skelly, daughters — Anne Crane,Trudi Swain, Megan Lower, Elizabeth; his sons — Stephen, Charley, 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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