Peter W. Hyde ’61

Known to us as “Pete,” Peter died July 8, 2014, from complications of Parkinson’s disease in Prairie Village, Kan.

A son of Benjamin Hyde ’24, Peter grew up in Kansas City and came to us from Pembroke Country Day School. At Princeton he majored in history, graduating cum laude. He was active in the Outing Club, the Young Republicans, and the pre-law society. Pete took his meals at Key and Seal and   roomed with Chuck Frisbie, Paul Putney, Jim Zirin, and Mike Stonehill.

After earning a law degree at Michigan and an MBA at Harvard, Peter was a corporate attorney for 40 years at Stinson Morrison Hecker in Kansas City. His special projects included the IRS building in Kansas City, the Arkansas Dam, Children’s Mercy Hospital, and Kemper Arena. For the last 10 years, he worked principally on derivatives. Peter served on the boards of the Lyric Opera, and, having battled Parkinson’s for the last 19 years of his life, the Parkinson Foundation of the Heartland.

He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Janet; his sons, David and Peter; three grandchildren; a brother and a sister; and his first wife, Ann.