Louis Apgar Pyle Jr. ’41

On Jan. 14, Lou died at home from cancer. A native of Jersey City, he prepared at Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in philosophy, joined Tower, and was an outstanding gymnast. He roomed with Malcolm Forbes '41 and then Sterling Hutcheson '41.

After graduation Lou began medical school, but left after Pearl Harbor to join the Navy, where he served with distinction as communications officer. He was separated as a lieutenant. Lou returned to graduate from Columbia U. in 1950. He then took his residency at the U. of Oregon.

He practiced as a pediatrician for 18 years in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., before beginning his outstanding career in university health and sports medicine at Princeton. He retired as director of health services and an officer of the university. Space precludes listing all of his many achievements and his national recognition, but suffice it to say, Princeton has lost a wonderful son.

Predeceased by his wife, Janet, he is survived by his daughters, Sally and Elizabeth, his son, Thomas '76, two brothers, and five grandchildren.

The Class of 1941