Pete Adams Jr. ’57

Pete Adams died tragically Aug. 25, 2007, while flying his ultralight plane, a sport he recently had begun.

At Princeton he majored in biology, played hockey, tennis, football, and baseball, and was president of the Sports Car Club. His senior-year roommates were Dean Groel, Bob Mulcare, Tom Dailey, Peter Weise, Warren Zweibach, Fred Alyea, and George Scurria. After Princeton he attended Temple University School of Medicine for two years.

A free spirit, Pete had a variety of jobs at Wyeth Labs and Rorer Inc., and had enjoyed various hobbies. He married Blaine Edwards and they had three sons, but later divorced. He started a painting company in the 1970s and sold out, becoming a hippie in a Rocky Mountain commune. Pete and his companion, Polly Roye, spent 20 years together. In the 1980s he moved to Taos, N.M., where he was a handyman. He emerged from a difficult mental period in the 1990s to a positive lifestyle and success in real estate.

Pete was a warm and wonderful chap. The class extends its sincere condolences to Pete's three sons, Pete III, Mike, and Chris.