Stanley Silvers Bergen Jr. ’51

Stan was born May 2, 1929, in Princeton to Stanley and Leah Johnson Bergen.

At Princeton he was a biology major and active in the Premed Society, Elm Club, and the Intensely Vigorous Jazz Band. He earned a medical degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his internship, residency, and chief residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York.

In the 1960s Stan began to work with the Mayor’s Task Force and the New York City Health and Hospital Corp., and also became active in teaching at Columbia and the New Jersey and Rutgers medical schools. In 1971 he was named president of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, retiring in 1998.

Stan was instrumental in creating the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. In 1995 Princeton awarded him an honorary degree.

Stan died April 24, 2019, at home in Stonington, Maine. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne; their children Amy Larranaga, Victoria Hilles, and Stuart ’88, and their families, including son-in-law Stephen B. Hilles ’88. He was predeceased by his sons Stanley III and Steven; his sister Marion Bakoulis; and his first wife, Judy Schmitz Bergen.