Maxime Furlaud ’47

Max died Mar. 3, 1999, at the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson's disease.

Max was born in NYC but spent his boyhood years in Princeton and in France. He served in the Marines from 1943-46, ending as a second lieutenant. He returned to Princeton, graduating cum laude in June 1948. Max majored in English and was a member of Ivy.

After graduation he went into the film business and remained in the movies for 25 years. During that period he won numerous documentary awards. His plays Biscuit and Fitz were produced off-Broadway at the Circle in the Square. For three years Max was chairman of the Playwright's Unit of Actors Studio.

A career change in 1969 led Max to a period of three years at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Calif., from which he emerged as a Gestalt therapist. He practiced as a psychotherapist in Europe with a home base in France.

In 1997 he and his wife, Alice, moved to Truro, Mass. Max always remembered his Princeton years with happiness and intellectual satisfaction. To Alice, his wife of 46 years, the class extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1947