Frederick L. Meisel ’63

Fred died at home Jan 14, 2023, of cancer. He was an eminent child psychiatrist who practiced and taught in the Boston area for more than 50 years.

Fred came to Princeton from H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square, N.Y., where he was class vice president and salutatorian, a member of the National Honor Society, and played on the varsity basketball, soccer, tennis, and lacrosse teams. At Princeton, he majored in English, writing his thesis on “The Dramatic Form of Eugene O’Neill,” and took his meals at Tiger Inn. He started the Princeton Nighty Agency, a student enterprise that sold Princeton-branded pajamas and nightgowns — and that also allowed him a car on campus.

Fred earned a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York in 1968. He completed his residency in adult, adolescent, and child psychiatry at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Mental Health Center, serving as chief resident. He taught in the psychiatry departments of Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. He was a teacher, supervisor, and mentor at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, where he was a child and adolescent supervising analyst and served as co-chair of the child program.

Fred is survived by his wife, Lili; children Zachary, Joshua, and Deb; and four grandchildren.