Marshall Swartzburg ’59

Marsh died Aug. 8, 2023.  

A proud, multi-talented New Englander from Marblehead, Mass., he edited the Marblehead High School newspaper, chaired the dramatics club, ran track, and was on the student council. At Princeton, he majored in history, joined Prospect Club, and was active in Whig-Clio and the Pre-Medical Society. 

After earning his medical degree at Penn, he interned at the University of Michigan, followed by two years in the Navy. A psychiatry residency and ultimately a faculty position at Yale followed. In 1972, he left Yale for a professorship in psychiatry at Rutgers’ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He settled in Princeton with his wife, Susy, a library professor at Rutgers and an internationally recognized library materials preservationist. While there they graciously hosted several of our off-year Reunions dinners. 

At Rutgers, Marsh researched the right and left brain function implications in psychiatric disorders and was a frequently celebrated teacher. Off campus, he traveled between Europe and the western U.S., skied, and enjoyed the cultural life of Princeton. Sadly, Susy died in 1996. 

After retiring in 2006, Marsh joined the volunteer clinical faculty at Rutgers and occasionally served as an expert witness. Later, he moved to Randleman, N.C., to be near his son, Mark, who survives him.