Don Pyle died of complications from pneumonia Nov. 20, 2012.
Don entered Princeton from Newark (N.J.) Academy and joined Quadrangle Club. During his sophomore year, he married Mary Jane Hanson from Jersey City.
Don skipped his last year at Princeton to attend Cornell Medical College in Manhat-
tan. He completed his residency at Long Branch (N.J.) Hospital.
In 1949, Don entered the Army Medical Corps and served in a hospital for the American occupation forces in Japan. The Korean War erupted, and Don treated American soldiers evacuated from Korea. In 1951, he was discharged as a captain.
Don set up a medical practice in Point Pleasant, N.J., and became affiliated with Point Pleasant Hospital, where he helped establish a state-of-the-art cardiac-care unit and later served as chief of staff.
In 1985, Don and his wife, Mary Jane, built a log cabin on Hebgen Lake, Mont., near Yellowstone National Park. After retiring in the 1990s, they moved to Melbourne Beach, Fla. Mary Jane died in 2003, and several years later, Don moved to Oregon. In his final years, he struggled with progressive dementia.
Don is survived by his children, Sara, Mary Lou, Donald ’72, Barbara; and William; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.