James R. Beattie ’44

Jim died Aug. 7, 2001, of heart failure in Wakefield, R.I.

He came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy, was a member of Cap and Gown, and excelled in swimming and gymnastics. He left in 1943 to attend Pennsylvania Medical School and to serve in the Army.

Jim started at CIBA Pharmaceutical as a medical writer and later became director of public relations. In the early days of television he did a live-remote show for CBS, Medical Horizons, which won him a Sylvania Award.

After work in medical advertising in New York, he became director of public relations for Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and was involved in mergers that resulted in the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. In 1977 he moved to Rhode Island, where he had summered for many years, and developed a business in real estate appraisal there.

Jim is survived by his wife of 33 years, Patricia Kelsey Beattie; three children from a previous marriage, James, Sharon, and Shelby; and a granddaughter. The class extends its sincere sympathy to them.

The Class of 1944