Philip J. Petersen ’44

Philip Petersen died June 18, 1997, in a convalescent center in Santa Barbara, Calif. Phil left Princeton during sophomore year to attend the Aeronautic U. in Chicago. After the end of the war, Phil graduated from Providence College.

Phil came to Princeton from New Trier H.S. in Illinois, played JV football, was a member of Elm Club, and roomed with Keehn Landis during his two years at Princeton.

Phil was a v.p. of the family business (J.W. Petersen Coal & Oil Co., Chicago) for many years and lived in Kenilworth, Ill. He retired in 1979 and moved to Grand Junction, Colo., to be near his daughter and son. In 1990, due to ill health, he moved into a retirement home in Santa Barbara, Calif. His great interests were music, reading, and his family.

He leaves three children, David, Douglas, and Martha, his brother, Hugh '40, a cousin, Hugh '44, and three grandchildren. To all, the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1944