Andre Dimitriadis, founder and chairman of LTC Properties Inc., died Aug. 14, 2013, after long battling a chronic illness. He was 72.

Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Dimitriadis graduated in 1964 from Robert College there with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Princeton awarded him a master’s degree in electrical engineering in 1966. He then received an MBA in finance and a Ph.D. in economics in 1967 and 1970, respectively, from what is now NYU’s Stern School of Business.

He worked for Mobil Oil International (1965-67), TWA (1967-73), and Pan American Airways (1973-79). Then, successively, he was CFO of: Air California (1979-82), Western Airlines (1982-85), American Medical International (1985-89), and Beverly Enterprises (1989-92).

In 1992, Dimitriadis founded LTC, a self-administered real-estate-investment trust that invests in longterm care and other health care-related facilities through mortgage loans, facility-lease transactions, and other investments. Until 2007, he was the chairman and CEO. In March 2007, he assumed the less-demanding position of executive chairman.

In August 2012, Dimitriadis was joined by his daughters, Christina and Julia ’13, on the New York Stock Exchange’s podium to ring the closing bell on LTC’s 20th anniversary.

Graduate memorials are prepared by the APGA.

Graduate Class of 1966