David Kenny Reeves, a resident of Princeton since 1945, died November 23, 2012 after suffering a debilitating stroke in early September. He was 86.

Born July 2, 1926 in Baltimore, MD to Emily Fitzgerald Kenny and Charles Banes Reeves, Sr., Mr. Reeves was a Marylander to the core.

He was educated at Gilman School, Baltimore, MD and Canterbury School, New Milford, CT. Prior to matriculating at Princeton University in November 1945 he served in the Army Air Corps at the end of World War II. At Princeton he was a history major and a member of Colonial Club. He graduated in 1949 with the Class of 1948.

A lifelong Roman Catholic, Mr. Reeves did graduate studies at the University of Toronto's Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. He was employed as marketing and business director for eighteen years at Sheed & Ward, a leading Catholic book publisher. He later served as Director of Development for The Hastings Center, a pioneering bioethics research institute located in Garrison, New York.

Mr. Reeves served on a number of boards, including the Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Catholic Scholarships for Negroes. He was Secretary of Princeton University's Class of 1948 from 1973 until his death.

In his youth he fox hunted with The Elkridge-Harford Hunt and later hunted hare on foot with beagles and/or bassets in New Jersey and the Cotswolds in England. His trademark was a "thumb stick" -- widely used by foot followers in the UK. He also played tennis at Pretty Brook Tennis Club. He spent Summers at Rockywold Deephaven Camps on Squam Lake, New Hampshire.

Mr. Reeves was predeceased by his second wife, Clara Grossman. He is survived by his daughter Emily Kenny Reeves of Princeton, three sons: Samuel Peter Reeves of Andover, MA; Charles D'Orsey Reeves of Katy, TX; and, Cornelius David Reeves of Princeton and his granddaughters Charlotte Angier, Emily Maria, Lilly Kenny, Emma Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Kenny. Also surviving is his first wife, Anne Reeves of Princeton and his brother, Charles Banes Reeves, Jr. (yclept Sprat) Baltimore, Maryland, with whom he continued a sibling rivalry until death -- but always with merry affection.

A memorial mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau Street, in Princeton.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Princeton University Class of 1948 Memorial Scholarship Fund, 87 Battle Road, Princeton, NJ 08540-4945 or to: Crawford House, Inc., 362 Sunset Road, P.O. Box 255 Skillman, NJ 08558 or online www.crawfordhouse.org