JAMES D. PLIMPTON ’53

JAMES D. PLIMPTON, 84, a physicist and laboratory administrator, died Dec. 7, 2014. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in mathematics. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi, and then received his PhD from Iowa State University. He was the grandson of George L. Plimpton of the class of 1891, the son of Theodore F. Plimpton of the class of 1921, and the nephew of George L. Plimpton Jr., of the class of 1927. He worked in nuclear physics at the Sandia National Laboratories and later became an administrator there. Survivors include his wife, Donna Eide Plimpton, two children, three granddaughters, and his brother, Thomas L. Plimpton ’56.