Peter Nicholls ’37

Beloved storekeeper, gardener, sailor, and jogger Pete Nicholls died Feb. 25, 1999, leaving wife Scotty (also an ex-Marine), daughters Jane and Hope, son Sandy, and four grandchildren. He was the son of Charles Nicholls Jr. '06.

At Lawrenceville, Pete was on the swimming team and a member of the Herodotus Club. At Princeton, he majored in geology. He was on the freshman soccer and track squads, was a breaststroker on the varsity swimming team, and joined Key and Seal.

He worked in the Texas oil fields and for Sperry Corp. before three years in the Marines in aviation supply. He volunteered for dangerous duty in the South Pacific, in New Caledonia, and ended up a captain in the Marine Corps Division of Aviation in Washington, where he met Scotty.

After the war, Pete was in store management, including Gordon Greenfield Oppenheim Collins in Morristown, N.J. He managed the Davidson College Bookstore in North Carolina from 1965-89 and was beloved by students and alumni. For 25 years he volunteered as a judge at local and national elections. Being color-blind, he was known for his colorful outfits.

The Class of 1937