Peter J. Rosenwald ’57

Peter died Oct. 8, 2023, in Brazil.

The son of Joseph Rosenwald 1924, Peter came to Princeton from the Hotchkiss School. He majored in English with emphasis on creative writing under Professors R.P. Blackmur and Lawrance Thompson. He worked for the college radio station WPRU, wrote feature stories for The Daily Princetonian, was the U.N. correspondent for the Ivy Network, and was the college correspondent for the Pulse program of the New York radio station WRCA. He joined Terrace Club and roomed with Art Gold, Stan Mandell, and Jim Moss.

Peter said that Professor Blackmur wrote that life must have a “constant and random supply of fresh disorder,” and Peter said in our 65th-reunion yearbook that he had lived accordingly. He worked in publishing for American Heritage in New York, Doubleday in London, and then as an independent marketing consultant and journalist, living and commuting between both cities for many years. He attained success as the dance and art critic for The Wall Street Journal, the author of Accountable Marketing, and wrote numerous articles in New York magazine and other publications. Most recently he was one of the top executives at Editore Abril, Brazil’s largest magazine publisher. 

Peter married Patricia Moores July 14, 1957 shortly after graduation and they had a daughter, Gina. He was divorced, and he married Fenella Roberts, with whom he had two children, David and Celia. After divorcing again, he married Renee Comte. After another divorce, he lived with Daniela Stasi in São Paulo, Brazil, for about eight years, separating a while ago. He is survived by Gina, Renee, and Daniela, and four grandchildren.