Stuart Pertz ’57 *60

Stu combined the activities of an artist, architect, planner, public servant, teacher, mentor, and friend in an incredibly full life of working for others.

He came to Princeton from Brooklyn Technical High School and majored in architecture. His senior-year roommates were Zenro Qsawa, Harry Roegner, and Peter Blue. After earning a bachelor’s degree, he continued at Princeton and received a master’s degree in architecture in 1960.

As a principal at Pokorny & Pertz, he worked on the restoration of Manhattan’s South Street Seaport and on development plans in Charleston, Taiwan, Armenia, and Kuwait City. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a New York City planning commissioner, and chairman of the New York University Settlement, a venerable immigrant settlement house. He was chairman of Pratt Institute’s graduate program in urban design, where he was beloved by his students and taught for more than 30 years.

Thousands of sketches and paintings followed Stu’s travels around the world with Jeanette, his wife of 50 years. His late-in-life collaboration with clay produced fantastical figures and animals. Stu served the class with Byron Bell in thematic designs for our later reunions and with Al Tucker in creating our 50th reunion book.

He died July 8, 2015. The class extends its condolences and love to Jeanette and their daughters, Joanna and Eliza.