Peter W. Tifft ’58

Pete died May 10, 2015, in Buffalo, N.Y.

He came to Princeton from the Nichols School in Buffalo, majored in psychology, and was a member of Tower Club. Pete rowed on the freshman 150- pound crew and roomed with Tom Posnansky, Steve Meloy, and Al Demaree.

After college, he worked as a librarian trainee in the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library for about a year and a half. Pete then attended Syracuse University, earning a master’s degree in library science in 1964.

He worked for the Buffalo Library in the cataloging department for 38 years and retired in 2002. He continued to volunteer at the library and was honored with the Presidential Service Award in 2011, which was created to recognize the invaluable time and dedication that an individual has served the community. His 4,000 hours of volunteer time was the equivalent of two years of service.

At age 31, after having been an agnostic, Pete became a Christian and found his faith had become a very good thing in his life.

Pete never married. To his sister-in-law, Dorothy Black Tifft; his nephews, Webster Stone, Robert Stone, John Tifft, and Robert Tifft; and his niece, Isabel Tifft; the class extends its sincerest sympathy.