Peter Frederick Rothermel ’42

Pete died Feb. 5, 2000, in Charleston, S.C. He retired in 1980 after a distinguished career in private school education.

Preparing for Princeton at St. Paul's School, Pete majored in economics, graduating with honors. He played varsity 150-pound football, hockey, and squash, and was a member of Ivy Club. During WWII he was awarded the DFC while serving for five years as a major in the Marine Corps in the Pacific theater.

After receiving a master's in education from Johns Hopkins, he became headmaster at Princeton Country Day School, following several years at St. George's School in Rhode Island. Before returning to St. George's at the end of his career, he served as headmaster at Marin Country Day School in Corte Madera, Calif., where he received numerous citations for his civic contributions. He was also on the education board for the school at San Quentin prison. During his career in education, Pete coached in the sports in which he had excelled at Princeton.

To his wife, Bea, his son, Peter Jr., his daughters, Elsie and Louise, and his five grandchildren, the class extends its most profound sympathies.

The Class of 1942