Frederick L. Sachs ’59

Fred Sachs, physician and hospital administrator, died of prostate cancer at his home in Woodbridge, Conn., on June 20, 1999.

Fred was born in Brooklyn and came to Princeton from Erasmus Hall H.S. At Princeton, he majored in biology, was active in orange key and Whig-Clio, and lived at Court Club. Following graduation, Fred received his medical degree from Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Fred founded and maintained a pulmonary medicine practice in New Haven, served as associate chief of staff and associate chief of medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and taught as a clinical professor at Yale medical school. He served as past pres. of the New Haven County Medical Assn., the Connecticut Thoracic Society, and the New England States Chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians. He contributed frequently to medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Academic Medicine, and Connecticut Medicine.

Fred maintained a summer home in Edgartown, on Martha's Vineyard, where he spent every spare moment kayaking in Edgartown harbor and jumping the waves at South Beach.

Fred is survived by his wife, Ruth, and three daughters, Alison, Jennifer, and Lauren, to all of whom the class extends its deep sympathies.

The Class of 1959