Peter Randall ’44

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Pete died Nov. 16, 2014, in Chestnut Hill, Pa.

He prepared at Penn Charter. At Princeton he majored in biology and roomed with Bob Cresswell and Lou Bell. Pete rowed on the 150-pound crew, played varsity football, and was in Colonial.

After serving in the Navy and receiving his medical degree from Johns Hopkins, Pete specialized in plastic surgery. His notable career focused on the repair and reconstruction of facial deformities, especially cleft lips and palates. He traveled worldwide to teach local surgeons how to perform reconstructive surgery, making extended trips to China, Israel, India, and Vietnam.

Pete was chairman of the department of plastic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. An associate called him “an important individual in the history of cleft lip and palate surgery, setting the standards for each.”

He was an enthusiastic singer, gardener, birder, and sailor, especially during summers in Rhode Island, where he was instrumental in the restoration of the Dutch Island Lighthouse. He was a devoted ’44 Tiger, attending 17 reunions, including 10 majors.

Pete is survived by Rose, his wife of 66 years; children Deborah, Peter ’73, Julia ’76, and Susanna; and six grandchildren.

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