Pamela died Nov. 26, 2022, at the age of 69.
She was born in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, the daughter of Mary and Daniel Brown, and came to Princeton from Philadelphia High School for Girls. She majored in psychology and worked at Commons, which occupied much of her time during her undergraduate years. After graduation, she earned a master’s degree in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College and her Psy.D. from Rutgers University.
Pamela was one of the few black women practicing in private practice in the mental health field when she started out in 1987. She located her office in downtown Philadelphia because of the access it gave her patients through public transportation. She specialized in treating children, and demand for her services was very strong because of her intense devotion to her patients.
Pamela loved ballet and ice dancing, though she seldom had time to enjoy them because of her workload. She had a serious stroke in May and focused on recovering enough to enable her to continue seeing her patients.
The class extends its deepest sympathy to her brother, Daniel and his wife, Camilla; and her aunt Dorcas Carter and her husband, Floyd.