Louis Augustus Pechstein Jr. ’38

Lou Pechstein died Mar. 14, 1998, of a heart attack, in the hospital in Tampa, Fla., where he had resided. He had suffered heart problems for some years. He was 80.

He came to Princeton from Hughes School in Cincinnati where he was on the track and tennis teams. His father was dean of the College of Law at the U. of Cincinnati.

Lou earned his AB in English, was on the freshman swimming team, and became treasurer of Key and Seal Club. In 1941 he received his LLB from the U. of Cincinnati College of Law. Called into the Army, he graduated from officer candidate school at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, thereafter rising to the rank of captain. After nine years of private law practice and teaching, he became secretary and general counsel of Philip Carey Manufacturing Co. He continued with its successor, Jim Walter Corp., at its headquarters in Tampa, and retired in 1981.

In 1943 Lou married Ann Hutchinson, who survives. Of their three daughters, one, Chloe Ann, died several years ago. The other two, Nancy Lee Aubke and Katherine Duarte, survive, as do five grandchildren. To them all, and to Lou's brother, Richard F. Peck '43, and his nephew, Richard Jr., the class extends deepest sympathy.