Robert F. Goheen, who ushered in sweeping changes as Princeton University’s president in the 1960s, died on Monday at the age of 88, the university announced late yesterday. Under his leadership, the university increased its building space by 80 percent, quadrupled its budget, and made its first concerted effort to recruit minority students.

But Mr. Goheen will chiefly be remembered for overseeing the first admission of women as undergraduate students. Though bitterly opposed by some graduates, the decision was applauded by most, and alumni donations to Princeton ended up doubling during Mr. Goheen’s term. He also increased the size of the faculty by 40 percent, so that the enrollment growth that accompanied coeducation did not much affect the university’s faculty-student ratio.

Mr. Goheen, who was only 37 years old when he took office, in 1957, also guided Princeton through the antiwar tumult and cultural change of the 1960s without the clashes that marked the era on other campuses. —Andrew Mytelka