Peter W. Michaels ’40

Pete died Nov. 22, 2008.  

He prepared at Scarborough School. At Princeton, he majored in English and graduated with honors. Pete was manager of the Student Lunch/Ice Cream Agency and a member of the Parking Squad and Terrace Club.

During World War II, he served in the Navy’s Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He re-entered the Navy in 1951 for a second tour of duty as a lieutenant. His business career was in the field of marketing and advertising research and publishing, which included some years working with National Geographic .

According to Pete’s entry in the class yearbook of 1980, his spare time was spent in a small machine shop in his cellar, where he built miniature engines as a hobby. He also enjoyed attending class dinners in New York whenever possible.

His wife, the former Claudia Matthews, predeceased him. To his son and daughter, his classmates extend sincere sympathies.