Perry H. Knowlton ’49

Doc died July 6, 2007, after a valiant battle against Alzheimer's disease. He was 80.

He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy and majored in English at Princeton, where he was a member of the Advertising Club, the Flying Club, and Cap and Gown.

Doc taught English for a short time after graduation and then moved to Charles Scribner & Sons, where he first was a sales representative and later an editor. He left in 1959 to join Curtis Brown Ltd., one of the oldest literary agencies in the world. Doc rose to be its president in 1968. At that time the oldest contracts of the company still earning money were for the Winnie the Pooh books by A.A. Milne. The list of authors that he represented personally included Ayn Rand, Ogden Nash, Alvin Toffler, and many others. Doc considered his other activities to be more obsessions than hobbies. They included sailing ocean racers, photography, antiques, and books.

He is survived by his son, Timothy; daughters Elizabeth McNamara and Virginia Canfield; and three grandchildren. The class extends its heartfelt sympathy to them on the loss of a man who lived life to the fullest.