Peter Diego Moscosso ’64

Peter Diego Moscosso died Jan. 10, 2006. He was born in New York City in 1941 and came to Princeton from Riverdale Country Day School where he was particularly active in writing and journalism.

At Princeton, he majored in philosophy, served as an editor of the Nassau Literary Magazine, was a contributing editor to both The Daily Princetonian and The Princeton Tiger magazine, and was a member of Ivy Club. He was the recipient of the English department's Ward Mathis Prize as a senior. Though Peter entered Princeton with the Class of 1964, he graduated with 1965 but requested a return to our ranks upon graduation.

Peter continued his literary endeavors after college as a freelance writer for Harper's, Saturday Review, The Nation, The Village Voice, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He also served as an editor for Chelsea, the Columbia University Press and The Paris Review. He settled in Woodstock, N.Y., and for many years ran a language-enrichment program there for disadvantaged people in Ulster County. He was an investment account executive at the time of 1964's 20th reunion, but little else is known about his late years.