Roy Kenneth Fairman (February 23, 1912 – March 8, 1994) was an American college sportsman, basketball coach, athletics administrator, and local politician. He served as the head basketball coach at Princeton University from 1935 to 1938, compiling a record of 25–38. He was the athletic director at Princeton from 1941 to 1972 with a hiatus during World War II, in which he served as a United States Army officer. Fairman was the mayor of Princeton Township, New Jersey from 1959 to 1963. References External links 1912 births 1994 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American football ends Mayors of Princeton, New Jersey Princeton Tigers athletic directors Princeton Tigers football players Princeton Tigers men's basketball coaches Princeton Tigers men's basketball players Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse players United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army officers People from Spring Valley, New York 20th-century American politicians Players of American football from Syracuse, New York Lacrosse players from New Jersey Basketball coaches from New York (state) Basketball players from Syracuse, New York American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Military personnel from New Jersey