Samuel P. Boehm ’71

Sam Boehm died July 17, 2011, from complications of prostate cancer.

Sam was born in Detroit and came to Princeton from Seacrest High School in Delray Beach, Fla. He majored in geology at Princeton, roomed senior year with James “Fanch” Fancher in Campbell, and ate at Tower. He participated in Triangle Club, Yacht Club, and Orange Key.

He started medical school at UMDNJ and finished at Emory in Atlanta. After initial training in internal medicine, he did an emergency-medicine residency at Albert  Einstein in the Bronx. His professional career was in emergency medicine, including 25 years in the Army, from which he retired as a colonel. His stateside postings ranged from Florida to Alaska, and he served with US forces in Iraq in the early 1990s.

After retirement, he lived south of Atlanta in a rural setting. He will be remembered for living life with flair and purpose. The class extends sympathy to his family and friends.