William B. Nevius ’26

Bill died Aug. 1, 2003, at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community in Hightstown, N.J. He was 98. Born in East Orange, N.J., and a graduate of East Orange HS, Bill's Princeton activities included the Soccer Squad, class hockey, Fine Arts Club, Medical Club, and Arbor Inn.

Bill graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1930 and was a pediatrician in East Orange until retiring from private practice in 1975. He was accredited at the Orange and East Orange General Hospital, where he was chief of pediatrics and, later, as trustee emeritus. During WWII, he was a major in the Army Medical Corps, performing psychiatric duties in France from 1943-45.

His wife, Ruth Prescott Nevius, died in 1996. There are no survivors.

The Class of 1926