Nathaniel M. Floyd ’64

Nat Floyd died suddenly Feb. 15, 2019, in Lakeville, Conn., less than two years after beginning his very happy marriage to Germaine Rousseau DiPaolo. He was 77 years old.

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.