This page is no longer being updated and remains online for informational and historical purposes only. The information is accurate as of the last page update.
For questions about page contents, contact the Communications Division.
A service celebrating the life of the late K. Roald Bergethon, who served 20 years as 12th president of Lafayette, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, January 27, in Colton Chapel.
Among those offering remembrances will be Bergethon’s sons, Bruce L. Bergethon and Dr. Peter R. Bergethon; President Arthur J. Rothkopf ’55; Lawrence J. Ramer ’50, former chair of the Board of Trustees; and William A. Jeffers, professor emeritus of physics and former dean of studies, dean of the college, and dean of academic services.
Bergethon died Dec. 17. His administration, 1958-78, was a period of extraordinary growth in academic quality, financial strength, and physical facilities at the College (see story).