Norman Walter Drey ’32

NORM DREY died in St. Louis, Mo., May 6, 1990, after a long and bitter battle with emphysema. He prepared at Peddle, and at college was a member of the Life Saving Club, WhigClio, Gateway Club, and was on the honor roil.

Norm went to Washington Univ. medical school and practiced as an internist until his retirement in 1987. Always interested in diabetes, he struck a powerful blow for sufferers by developing a test which vastly speeded up diagnosis of the disease. He named his process Dreypak, and donated it to the American Diabetes Assn.

His practice was interrupted by WWII, during which he served for five years in the Medical Corps and was discharged with the rank of It. colonel. He then resumed practice in St. Louis, and found time for teaching. At his retirement he was a prof. emeritus at Washington Univ. In 1956 he founded Temple Emanu El in St. Louis and was its first president.

Possessed of a lively and inquiring mind, Norm had many hobbies, including philately and travel. He and Mary, his wife of 50 years, ventured over much of the world. Maly survives him, as do a daughter, Jane Drey Landsbaum, and two sons, Norman Jr. and James M., and five grandchildren. Norm did everything he touched quietly and well. He will be missed.

The Class of l932