Peter B. Buermann ’59

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Peter died Feb. 10, 2014, in Moorestown, N.J.

Peter left Princeton after our freshman year. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Upsala College, a master’s degree in psychology from Rutgers, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Temple. He devoted his life to bettering the lives of special-needs children.

Upon retirement, he pursued his interest in historic architecture, volunteering for the Philadelphia Foundation for Architecture, and eventually developing a walking trail of historic Newtown Borough in Bucks County, Pa.

Peter was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy. The class extends sympathy to their three daughters, Jennifer, Amy, and Andrea.

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