Philip D. Slater *38

Philip D. Slater died July 26, 1995, at Nyack Hospital in Nyack N.Y. He was 79. At the time of his death he was undergoing rehabilitation for a stroke he had suffered six months earlier. He was born in Newark and was a resident of Spring Lake, N.J., for over 40 years.

Philip earned his bachelor's in mathematics in 1936 at MIT, where he was elected to Sigma Xi, and his master's in theoretical mathematics at Princeton, where he studied with Albert Einstein, who was at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Philip was an actuary, for many years with the Equitable Life Assurance Society in NYC; later he was chief actuary of the Federation Pension Bureau in NYC. He then became president and chief actuary of Woodward & Salter, an actuarial consulting firm. He also was an adjunct professor of mathematics at Pace U.

Philip was a lifelong lover of music and an accomplished violinist and violist. During his time at Princeton, he played viola in the same string quartet in which Einstein played.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Cecile Krol, his daughters Eve Elizabeth and Cecelia Anne '76, a son-in-law, David H. Pikus '77, and five grandchildren.

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