Andrew Thompson Wiley ’45

Dr. Andrew "Andy" Wiley died Apr. 4, 1998, of a heart attack in his home in Columbia, Md. He entered Princeton from Morristown H.S., accelerated his studies, and received his AB in biology in 1944, as one of the earliest in the class to graduate.

After service in the Army Specialized Training Program, he received his medical degree from the U. of Pennsylvania in 1947. He went on to work as an Army Medical Officer in Japan; to volunteer with his wife, the former Trudi van Eerde, in medical relief work in Kunsan, Korea, under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers); and to complete surgical training and practice surgery in Kentucky and Tennessee for the next 10 years.

He left this field to join the Peace Corps in Tonga, Polynesia, and to follow his prime interest, global family planning, in which field he worked nationally and internationally for the next 20 years. In an innovative way, Andy represented the best of Princeton in the nation's service and in the service of the world. In addition to Trudi and his brother Stephen '51, Andy is survived by his daughter Kim Ciurej; sons Mark, Geoffrey, and Peter; his sister, Margaret Anderson; his brothers Joseph and Jackson; and by five grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1945