Victor G. Bruce, 88, died Friday, May 29, 2009 in his home in Princeton after a short struggle with cancer.

Victor was born August 10, 1920, in Butte, Montana. His father was a mining engineer with Cyprus Mines Corp., and Victor spent his youth in Cyprus, Colorado and California.

While his family lived in Cyprus, he attended the American Community School in Beirut. Victor got his undergraduate degree from Caltech in 1942, and a PhD from Stanford in 1950.

During WWII, he worked at the MIT Radiation Lab on the development of radar. After post-doctoral studies at Caltech and the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen, he joined the faculty of the Biology Department of Princeton University in 1956, where he remained until his retirement in 1982. His primary research focus was circadian rhythms in biological clocks.

He spent summers with family in Chilmark, MA, from 1968 to the present. He is survived by his wife Nancy, sons Peter (Liz), James (Kathleen) and Andrew (Deborah), and grandchildren Lisa, Emily, Allison, Martha, Sally, Aaron, Nicola and Ella.

Memorial contributions in Victor's memory to Nature Conservancy, Attn: Treasury (Web/Support), 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203 would be appreciated.