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William P. Trotter ’70

Our friend Bill died Aug. 25, 2024, after serving for decades in his own private artistic purgatory. Growing up the son of a dean at…

Stephen E. Palmer ’70

Steve the very image of a teaching intellectual, died of multiple systems atrophy at his retirement home in New Mexico July 29, 2023. He came…

Mark LaMonte Cottrell ’70

One of our spirited Jerry Garcia loyalists, Monte died June 4, 2024, of respiratory failure in Sacramento, Calif. He came to us from Shawnee Mission…

John Patrick Apel ’70

Pat, whose search for knowledge and combativeness in the arena were each equal to anyone in the class, died Nov. 29, 2024. He came to…

Louis H. Reich ’66

Louis died Jan. 3, 2025. He came to Princeton from the Horace Mann School, where he was president of the glee club, business manager of…

William D. Sherman ’64

Bill died Aug. 31, 2024, in San Francisco, with his family by his side. He grew up in San Francisco and came to Princeton from…

Peter S. Goltra ’64

Peter died June 10, 2024, at his home in Middleburg, Va., in June. He was born in Chicago and attended Deerfield Academy before coming to…

Michael W. Lewars ’63

Mike, a senior executive with Procter & Gamble, died Jan. 2, 2025, at his home on Bainbridge Island, Wash., where he had retired and built…

Thomas M. Conrad ’63

Tom died Jan. 17, 2025, surrounded by family in a hospital near his home in Tellico Village, a retirement community in Loudon County, Tenn. He…

Charles M. Swift Jr. ’62

Charley died Dec. 30, 2024, in Berkeley, Calif. He came to us from Phillips Exeter, where he participated in crew. At Princeton, he majored in…

Russell F. Tremaine ’61

Russ died Dec. 31, 2024. Born in Westfield, N.J., he came to us from Choate School. At Princeton, he majored in architecture, rowed lightweight crew…

John Michael Neary ’61

Born in Englewood, N.J., the son of John Neary ’32, Michael died Aug. 26, 2024. He came to us from the Englewood School for Boys…

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