Paul G. Rochmis ’60

Paul captained the basketball team and played football and baseball for White Plains (N.Y.) High School. At Princeton, he turned to searching for his calling. He majored in basic engineering and edited the Princeton Engineer but wrote his thesis in biology and considered law, too. He resolved the conundrum by earning a medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1964. During the following two years with the U.S. Public Health Service, he also studied parttime at Georgetown Law School but ultimately resolved on medicine and did his residency in rheumatology at Georgetown University Hospital.

Paul viewed the social scene at Princeton warily. He opted out of bicker and Wilson Lodge in favor of independent status, dining with like-minded classmates at the bargain end of town dining options. He was nevertheless a loyal and much-involved graduate member of the class.

He and his wife, Ann, a psychiatrist, settled in Fairfax, Va., where he became chief of rheumatology at Fairfax Hospital and was active in Greater Washington medical and civic organizations. Later on he went into private practice in Fairfax and semi-retired in 2005.

He enjoyed coaching his four children, gardening, sports, and especially working on vintage motorcycles and cars.

Paul died July 26, 2024, of cardiac amyloidosis. He is survived by Ann, their four children, seven grandchildren, and their families, with all of whom we share our condolences.