Theodore W. Neuman Jr. ’44

Theodore Neuman died Oct. 8, 1997, of congestive heart failure at his home in Marco Island, Fla.

Ted came to Princeton from The Hill School, roomed with Jim Murphy, Hugh Chaplin, and Roswell Miller, majored in biology, and was a member of Elm Club. He graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1947, and served as a psychiatrist and director of the Falkirk Hospital in Central Valley, N.Y., from 1956-88. He was preceded by his grandfather and father, who had also operated the hospital, which specialized in new approaches for mental illness. He was chairman of the Orange County Mental Health Board from 1956-83 and was a past president of the Natl. Assn. of Private Psychiatric Hospitals. He maintained a lifelong interest in jazz, travel, and reading, and was devoted to his cats.

Ted is survived by his wife, Gloria, his sons, Theodore III, Barclay, and Rodman '76 (whose wife, Elise '77, is the daughter of Kendrik van Oss '39), three grandchildren, and a sister, Florence Vipond. He was predeceased by his brother Charles '40 and a daughter, Katherine. The class extends its sympathy to the entire family.

The Class of 1944