Albert L. Perry III ’64

Al died Oct. 31, 2023, at his home in New Canaan, Conn., of prostate cancer. He was 82.

Al graduated from the Hotchkiss School in 1960. At Princeton, he majored in English, was a member of Cap and Gown, and maintained lifelong friendships with Dave Kranz, Ken Gibson, and Howie Hallock. More recently, he authored Johnny Poe at Princeton, a novel about a football legend at the end of the 19th century. Al came from a long line of Princeton graduates, grandfather Julian Gregory 1897 and uncles Julian Jr. ’35 and Stewart ’36.

For more than 20 years he taught English and history at New Canaan Country School and was guided in his teaching by Maya Angelou’s words, “People may not remember everything that you did, or all that you said, but people will always remember how you made them feel.”

Al maintained a love of baseball throughout his life, including an encyclopedic recall of trivia about the game along with a collection of memorabilia.

Al is survived by his brother Gregory ’65, his sister Ginger, and four nieces. His brother Stephen died in Vietnam in May 1969. Al is being remembered through the Albert Perry Scholarship Fund at New Canaan Country School, www.countryschool.net/endowed-funds-giving.