


in 1977 in church music from Westminster Choir College. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in French Literature. She was a 1949 graduate of Mills College, B.A. These residences resulted in her learning to speak French and German with native proficiency. She was known as a talented musician, both as a piano teacher to many Princeton area students and as a performer on piano, organ, and harpsichord.ĭuring her childhood, her family made several extended trips to Europe where her father, a professor at Washington State University, carried out research in Medieval French. Laura Lee Thompson McClure, 77, died January 4 after a short, virulent attack of pneumonia.īorn in Princeton, she was a Princeton resident for most of her life.
