Lawrence K. Spitz ’68

Larry —a Renaissance man, physician, fraud-busting entrepreneur, ceramicist, orchardist, adventurer, fisherman, epicurean, and above all a man generous with his time, resources, and love — died Dec. 6, 2025, peacefully at home in Philadelphia from complications associated with acute myeloid leukemia. 

Larry came to us from Hawken High School in Cleveland, where he played football, wrestled, and ran track. At Princeton, he was active in freshman crew as a coxswain. He majored in biochemistry and was a member of Charter Club. He lived in Lourie-Love senior year. 

After graduation, he earned a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and later an MBA from the Wharton School in 1976. He worked many years in the Penn Hospital system founding the Penn Executive Diagnostic Center. He went on to found and lead Pattern Analysis, a company focused on uncovering medical insurance fraud. 

Later in life, his focus shifted from left brain to right brain as he gained renown for becoming an exhibiting artist in Philadelphia craft shows in the field of porcelain ceramics, having studied with Toshiko Takaezu, a famed ceramicist in residence at Princeton. In addition, he cultivated orchids in a self-built greenhouse and biked across several continents. 

The class extends its deepest sympathies to his wife, Carol, also a ceramicist; children Michael and Jenna; sister Cathy; and nephew Matthew.