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Lee Gahagan died suddenly and unexpectedly at his home in Woodside, Calif., last May 5.
Lee was born in NYC on March 8, 1945, the son of Lawrence H. Gahagan ’25 and Gertrude de Peyster Bailey, who died in 1946. He received his elementary education in New York at the Buckley School, where at an early age he developed the interest in radio and broadcasting that he pursued until his death. After Buckley he went on to the St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H., before coming to Princeton.
A third generation Princetonian, Lee initially studied electrical engineering at the University but eventually majored in architecture. He continued to pursue his interest in electrical engineering, though, as a member of radio station WPRB. He was chief engineer of this organization, then general manager, and finally undergraduate trustee. He was also a member of Key and Seal Club.
Lee was widely recognized for his achievements in broadcast engineering, especially the development of four-channel stereo broadcasting, and had published several technical articles on the subject. But Lee’s friends will remember him for the zeal and determination with which he pursued all his endeavors. Yet he always tempered his determination with a keen sense of loyalty and generosity towards his friends. His untimely death represents a loss to the radio broadcasting community, to the Class, and to all of his many friends.
To his father, his stepmother, Gladys S. Gahagan, and his aunt, Rosalie Bailey, the Class extends its deepest sympathy and shared feelings of sorrow.
© 1972 Class of 1967 and The Princeton Alumni Weekly, where it appeared October 17, 1972. Used by permission.
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