Alan Murray Schaeffer ’36

Alan, a resident of Cherry Hill, N.J., died June 3, 1999. He was 85.

Alan prepared at the Penn Charter School. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, with honors, and in 1940 graduated from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia.

During WWII, he served four years in the Navy Medical Corps. His last assignment was that of medical officer for a construction battalion at Pearl Harbor and the Midway Islands. He retired in 1946 as a lieutenant commander.

He practiced obstetrics and gynecology for over 35 years in Delanco, N.J. He retired in 1981. Alan's career highlight was the delivery of 5,179 babies, the last two being twins. He was the physician of Delanco's public schools and chief of staff at the Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital in Riverside, N.J. He was a member of several New Jersey state medical societies.

Alan was a longtime board member of the Delanco Federal Savings Bank and served 47 years as benevolence treasurer of his First Presbyterian Church.

Alan is survived by his wife, Nancy, whom he married in 1946; daughter Susan L.; son Stephen C. '73; and four grandchildren. His father was Joseph H. '02. Alan lived a productive and meaningful life, and he will be remembered.

The Class of 1936