Peter J. Woodrow ’60 *65

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Peter Jay Woodrow, 56, of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, died Feb. 7, 1996, in Newport Beach, Calif.

Born in Philadelphia, he had spent his childhood in Princeton. He prepared at the Hotchkiss School, and after he graduated in 1960, he earned a master's degree in electrical engineering. Peter was active with WPRB.

For 20 years he was associated with Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton and served as v.p. of development at Advanced Data Management from 197987. At the time of his death, he was on leave from his position as senior consultant with Digital Equipment Corporation of the Netherlands. He was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Assn. of Computing Machinery.

Peter is survived by his wife, Anne Marie Berglof; a son, Karl M.; a sister, Judith Johnson; two brothers, Richard and William '70; and a grandson. The class joins these relatives in mourning his passing.

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