Henry Blackstone Kreer ’45

Pete died on July 15, 2001, at his home in Glenview, Ill.

He entered Princeton from New Trier HS, following his brother Daniel P. '41. Pete's Princeton career was interrupted by service as a fighter pilot with the Marines in the campaigns of Midway, Guam, and Okinawa, for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Pete did not return to Princeton after the war and instead received a degree in journalism from Northwestern U.

He married Irene Overman in 1946 and joined the advertising firm of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne in Chicago. Pete eventually formed his own advertising agency and retired in 1997.

Pete became nationally famous in 1962 when he founded an organization known as Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Teams (REACT), an organization of local volunteers who monitored Channel 9 on citizens' band radios in order to assist local police, fire, and medical personnel during emergencies. Pete received from Pres. Reagan the President's Volunteer Action Award in 1982.

In addition to Irene, Pete is survived by a brother, his daughter Linda Kreer-Witt, and two grandchildren. His daughter Laurene preceded him in death. The class expresses its deep sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1945