Peter St. John ’64

Sadly and belatedly, we report the death of Peter St. John in South Londonderry, Vt., Sept. 9, 1996. Peter appeared to be in excellent health, having completed a minimarathon just two days before his death, which was attributed to arrhythmia.

Peter, son of Francis Cushman St. John '38, prepared at Putney School, and at Princeton majored in English, rowed lightweight crew, and was married his senior year to Martha Seymour. After graduation, Peter worked for a bank in Boston, earned his MBA at Boston U., and concluded after several years that banking was not a good fit. He taught Spanish at Berkshire School, then became headmaster at Stratton Mountain School. In 1984, he returned to teaching at Burr & Burton Seminary in Manchester, Vt., where he taught until his death. He was a member of the school board in Londonderry and taught crosscountry skiing at Stratton Mountain.

Peter had two children from his first marriage, Anne and Nathaniel. In 1975, Peter married Dagny Soderberg, who taught German at Burr & Burton and shared his love of the outdoors. They had two children, Jordi and Sverre, and spent summers teaching at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School and sailing from their cottage in Small Point, Maine.

Peter is survived by Dagny and his children, to whom the class extends its profound sympathy.

The Class of 1964