Peter Cowles ’52

Pete came from Lawrenceville, majored in politics, and ate at Colonial. He joined the Republican Club and the Pre-Law Society. He left us for Northwestern and graduated there in 1956. Then he got a CPA certificate at the University of Illinois and a law degree at Loyola University in 1964.

Pete worked in Chicago at a law firm and then at several public corporations there as a financial or legal officer.

He and his wife, Pat, operated a franchise center for remedial tutoring of children in primary and secondary schools around Chicago.

Pete died Jan. 24, 2025. He is survived by his wife, Pat, and his children, Katherine, Miles, and William, to whom the class sends its best wishes.