Kristy Nace Amonett ’93

Following a courageous two-year battle with cancer, Kristy died peacefully Nov. 8, 2015, surrounded by her family.

Valedictorian of Beaver Area High School in Beaver, Pa., Kristy entered Princeton in 1989, graduating in 1993 with a degree in psychology. A member of the novice crew team that won the 1991 Eastern Sprints, she was also a member of Pi Beta Phi, Quadrangle Club, and the 2 Dickinson Street co-op. Kristy met her husband, John Amonett ’93, while at Princeton.

After graduation, she worked at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda for two years before earning a Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of California, Davis. She and John married in 1999 and in 2000, they welcomed the first of four children, daughter Morgan, followed by Abigail, Zachary, and Lucie. The family lived in a number of cities, most memorably Melbourne, Australia, before settling in Ottawa Hills, Ohio, in 2008.

Kristy is survived by husband John; daughters Morgan, Abigail, and Lucie; son Zachary; parents Lyn and John Nace; brothers Jon Nace, Michael Nace and his wife, Sandy, and Patrick Nace and his wife, Frauke Frahm; and nieces Franziska and Gwendolyn. The class extends its deepest condolences.