Paul T. Schnatz ’57

Paul died Jan. 11, 2026.  

He came to Princeton from Nichols School, majored in biology, won his numerals and letters as a hockey player, and joined Tiger Inn. There he was chairman of the House Committee and roomed at the club senior year with Ed Byers, Tony Gibbs, Charlie Hauser, Fritz Heyd, Frank Sparrow, and John Wert. He also participated in WPRB and the Campus Fund Drive. 

Paul earned a medical degree at the University of Buffalo, married Diane Seitz, and they moved to Seattle, where he interned at University Hospital. They returned to Buffalo, where they had a daughter, Alyson. When Diane died of cancer, he married Rose Marie Kowalski. During this period, he served two years in the Army Medical Corps. Paul then became a professor at Case Western University in Cleveland and had a private practice in obstetrics and gynecology. He and Rose had two sons, Adam and Eric. Later the family moved to Brighton, Mich., where Paul had a private practice and served on the staff of Providence Hospital in Southfield, Mich.  

Following a divorce, he married Elizabeth “Libby” Brough. Before and after retiring, they spent many vacations at their cottage in Northern Ontario, Canada. In our 60th-reunion yearbook, Paul opined that he had helped many persons attain their full potential, and that he considered himself “fortunate to have been able to develop my potential and be able to continue to do so.”  

He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Libby, and his three children and their families.