Peter P. Nicholls ’58

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Peter died Dec. 8, 2022. He was 87.

He came to Princeton from St. Bernard’s School and the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, Peter was president of Theatre Intime, acted in Triangle shows, and a joined the freshman fencing team. He belonged to Colonial Club and his senior-year roommates were Peter Dowell, Jim Cox, Bill Whitehurst, Bob Johnstone, Vic Hurst, Gary Carr, and Barry Myers.

After graduation, Peter worked for NBC and eight months later was drafted. He spent a year at Fort Monmouth, N.J., and then a year in Seoul, Korea. Peter especially enjoyed Korea, where he taught English, directed plays for Korean universities, and appeared in Korean movies.

After returning to America, he became a copywriter for an advertising agency. In 1964, Peter married Catherine Detmar, also a TV copywriter.

In 2003, at the time of our 45th reunion, Peter and Catherine were living in England. The class extends its deepest sympathy to her.

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