To the Editor:

It was very nice to see Larry Ivan on the front page of Town Topics [“A Force, Always.” June 15]. He was a great teacher and coach who loved his job. Those of us who love Princeton do not seek recognition nor fame nor wealth. Mysterious forces compel us to act.

I taught briefly at the high school, 1958-1988, and for 15 years conducted two-hour walking tours of town and gown for visitors. From 1990 to 1993 I taught and mentored staff at the Princeton Charter School. Then I became a lecturer at Rutgers’ RU-All Institute, where one of my two classes is the History of Princeton.

Call it a habit, a custom, an edge; I am 90 years old and awaiting September classes.

William Roufberg

Campbell Road, Kendall Park