Anthony Nowels ’64

Tony died Aug. 15, 2024, in Newberry, Fla., of atypical Parkinson’s disease.

Born in Irvington, N.J., Tony graduated from Manasquan (N.J.) High School. At Princeton, he majored in electrical engineering and wrote his thesis on “Analogs of the Nervous System” advancing his pre-med interests. He joined Cloister and was active at WPRB, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and in interclub sports.

Following graduation, Tony earned a medical degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, married Kathleen Bloch, a Columbia nursing school graduate, and did his medical internship at UCSF Moffitt Hospital. Tony and Kathy then moved to Bethesda for a stint with the U.S. Public Health Service at NIH, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander before completing a psychiatry residency at Columbia.

In 1974, he moved to the University of Miami, where Tony established an adolescent psychiatry program. Three years later he moved his practice to nearby Grant Center Hospital. Kathy ultimately joined his program as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and they focused on child and adolescent psychiatry augmented by combinations of biological, social, and psychotherapeutic interventions.

Tony retired in 2002, refocusing his attention on gardening, cooking, woodworking and, especially, six grandchildren who lived nearby. Kathy and Tony were married 56 years and had two sons, Michael and Matthew.

The class extends sincere condolences to Kathy and their family.