Saul Agus ’64

Saul died April 22, 2015.

He arrived at Princeton from the Yeshiva of Flatbush in Brooklyn. Saul majored in biochemistry and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. On campus he helped establish the kosher kitchen that was the progenitor to the now-vibrant Center for Jewish Life.

While summering at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, he met Marcelle Appel and they married in August 1965. After Princeton, Saul attended medical school at NYU, which was followed by a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.

In 1972, Saul and Marcelle moved to Englewood, N.J., and Saul developed a lifelong affiliation with Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, where he remained a solo practitioner of gastroenterology.

Saul was a very active member of the Jewish community, often leading prayer services with his beautiful voice at synagogues in Englewood.

He is survived by Marcelle; son Raanan ’89 and wife Nicole Schreiber Agus ’89; Jonathan and Idit Agus; son Charles ’94 and Estie Agus; son Richard Agus; daughter Alexandra; Michal and Natie Fox; and 19 grandchildren. Saul is believed to have started the first three-generation Orthodox Jewish family line at Princeton.