Samuel A. Schreiner Jr. ’42

Sam died Jan. 14, 2018, at his home. He was born June 6, 1921, in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh that was founded by his father. He attended Mt. Lebanon schools and entered Princeton in 1938. He majored in the School of Public and International Affairs, graduated summa cum laude, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Sam joined the Army a day after Pearl Harbor and was off to China soon after as an aide to Gen. William Donovan in Chungking. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service.

He married Doris Ann Moon in 1945 and began his career as a reporter for the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. In 1952 they moved to Darien, Conn., where they lived for the next 60 years. In 1945 he joined the staff of Reader’s Digest, where he became senior editor. After leaving Reader’s Digest he worked for The New York Times and published his first novel, Thine Is the Glory. Many novels, nonfiction works, and biographies followed over the next 30 years.

Doris died in 2012. The couple are survived by two daughters and a grandson.