Howard A. Olgin ’61

Howie died Jan. 28, 2015, at home in Cathedral City, Calif.

Born in Jersey City, N.J., he came to Princeton from Henry Snyder High School. In college Howie majored in philosophy, was an officer of the University Press Club, wrote for PAW, and was a contributor to the Nassau Lit. He took his meals at Terrace Club and roomed senior year with Mike Horn and Ernie Smith.

After Princeton, having considered writing and medicine as career options, Howie went to medical school at Penn and became a board-certified general surgeon and family-practice physician while writing and publishing seven medical thrillers. His love of writing was a lifelong passion. Later in his medical career, Howie engaged in laparoscopic surgery and was surgical adviser to Ethicon Inc.

We did not see much of Howie over the years, but he did attend one reunion some years ago, and we hear from Mike Horn and Tom Sansone (also a medical school classmate) that there are many great stories to be told.

Howie is survived by his daughter, Aviva, who lives in Coachella, Calif.