Craig A. Drill ’64

Craig died June 22, 2024, of complications following an operation. He attended Glenbrook High School in Northbrook, Ill., where he was student council president and a lead actor and singer. His father, a noted scientist with a Ph.D. from Princeton and medical degree from Yale, helped develop the birth control pill.

At Princeton, Craig was a member of the Glee Club, Whig-Clio, and Colonial Club, majored in English, and graduated with honors. His thesis on “The Art and Science of Literary Criticism.”

He served three years as a lieutenant in the Navy and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He became a top-rated institutional salesman on Wall Street, then founded his own hedge fund, where he remained active until 2024. In recent years he became an expert in laser dermatology and founded two companies in this field.

Craig married Shermane Billingsley in 1966, and in 1998 he married Monica Kathleen Weiss. His children are Clifford, Austin, Reed, Josh, and Natalie.

Craig was larger than life both in physical size and personality. He had wide interests and knowledge, ranging from literature to philosophy to science. He had a great sense of humor and was always a source of jokes, riddles, and puns. He left a positive imprint on all who knew him. The class extends its condolences to his family.