Douglas A. Nadeau ’62

Doug died April 23, 2004, in Marblehead, Mass., ultimately done in by an 18-year battle with postencephalitic parkinsonism.

He was a lawyer, artist, illusionist, carpenter, sailor, and in his later years, our transgender classmate. As Doug, or as Donna, he was a multifaceted and exceptional person. Doug majored in the Woodrow Wilson School and was a member of Campus Club, rooming with Joe Irenas, Al Barr, and Jack Myers. He received a master's in economics in 1963 from Yale, as well as a law degree in 1966 from Harvard. On a trip to the Far East in 1986, he contracted the encephalitis that caused severe neurological symptoms. His increasing disability forced his early retirement from the law in 1994. He endured three brain surgeries and consumed medication every two hours at the end. For his work as president of the Princeton Association of New England and his devotion to the disenfranchised in Boston, he received the Alumni Council Award for Service to Princeton and the Super Class '62 award.

Doug/Donna may have been an enigma to some, yet we all remember him as a fine human being who fought the good fight bravely. His devotion to Princeton knew no bounds.

Our classmate is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Lynn Lebow Nadeau; sons Ted '87 and Greg; and their families.

The Class of 1962