He was born in New York City and grew up in San Francisco and Menlo Park before moving to Greenwich when he was 12. Nat was a graduate of the Brunswick School, Hotchkiss, and Princeton. He earned a master’s degree from the New School in 1974 and a Ph.D. from Yeshiva University in 1985, with both degrees in psychology.
Nat was an athlete, scholar, and American folk-art aficionado. At Princeton he majored in English literature and developed a love for literary criticism. He played basketball at both Hotchkiss and Princeton and was a member of Cap & Gown Club.
A nationally recognized expert on bullying, he had a distinguished career lecturing and training administrators, teachers, and staff in bullying-prevention strategies, and retired in 2016 as a psychologist with Southern Westchester County Board of Cooperative Educational Services. A true renaissance man with wide areas of expertise, he was also a Melville scholar and possessed an extensive collection of antique weather vanes and decoys.
Nat is survived by his wife, Germaine; eight stepchildren; and his brother, Bill. He will be missed by all who knew him. The class sends its sincere condolences to his family and friends.