William L. Pritchard ’52

Bill joined us from Morristown (N.J.) High School, where he was the valedictorian. At Princeton he majored in classics, ate at Key and Seal, and played lacrosse. He was a member of the editorial board of The Nassau Sovereign, was in the Republican Club, and sang in the Glee Club. His roommates were John Pope and Jim McAlee.

Bill earned a medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1957 and served in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps after interning at the National Institutes of Health. He was a gifted neurosurgeon and established practices in Charlotte and in Fayetteville, N.C. Those capable hands found nonmedical uses in house-building (a retirement and vacation home in Hope Town, Abaco), boat restoration, and many years of work for Habitat for Humanity.

His enthusiasm for singing persisted in his participation in the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte and the Cumberland Oratorio Singers, as well as church choirs in Hope Town and Charlotte.

Bill died Feb. 25, 2017. He is survived by his three children, Leslie, William, and Amy. To them, the class sends best wishes and regret at their loss.