Samuel W. Perry III ’63

"Doc" PERRY DIED Mar. 15, 1994. He was 53. At Princeton, he was captain of the freshman lightweight crew, editor of THE TIGER, and in Cap and Gown. Most of us were more taken by his adventuresome spirit than by his athletic and academic accomplishments, however, To raise money for motorcycle racing and skydiving, Doc sponsored a popular course on sex and marriage and, as one of the four horsemen, he organized the Great Train Robbery in spring of senior year.

After medical and psychiatric training at Columbia, Sam spent two years in the air force, helping POWs released from North Vietnam. He returned to N.Y.C. to study the relationship between the body and the mind, especially in patients with serious medical problems. This ultimately led to numerous discoveries, nine books, over 200 scientific articles, and many national awards.

Sam was associate chairman for research and professor of psychiatry at The New York HospitalCornell Medical Center and was a supervising psychoanalyst at Coturnbia's Psychoanalytic Center, where he received a Distinguished Research Award. He also ran marathons and triathlons, wrote fiction, and treated patients.

Knowing Sam was a privilege. For us, his accomplishments will remain secondary to remembering the delight he found in life and shared with others. To his widow, Anna, and their children, Maren, Kimberly, and Daniel, we extend our sympathy.

The Class of 1963