Peter A. Cohn ’27

Peter A. Cohn died Feb. 17, 1997, in NYC, his lifelong place of residence.

Pete came to us from Peddie. Freshman year, he roomed in Hill Dormitory with K. T. Howell; thereafter, in Holder with W. H. Liebman Jr. After graduation he was a partner in his father's firm of stockbrokers, Spencer Koch & Co., in NYC from 1928-55. In 1929 he married Marjorie Sidenberg. They had a daughter, Jill, who married Richard Grossman in 1955. Jill and Richard raised four children, Teri, Jeffrey, Douglas, and Steven.

In 1948 Pete married Elizabeth Scharff and became a partner in the brokerage firm of L. F. Rothschild & Co. In his later years, Pete helped run Carnegie Hill and Bronx House Emmanuel camps. Pete donated a '27 scholarship in his name to Princeton.

He is survived by his grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. To them, the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1927