William S. Reed ’47

Bill joined us in 1943 as a V-12 premed student. After graduating in 1947 he went on to SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse and then became a sea-going doctor for two years during the Korean War.

In 1953 he returned as a general practitioner to his native town, Lowville, N.Y., in the foothills of the Adirondacks and married Mary Lou in 1958. He retired after a busy professional and active civic life in 1995.

Too, he enjoyed an active avocational life — including tennis, hunting, fishing, and gardening — coupled with his self-taught skill at the piano, a love of music, and a passion for meteorology. All these pursuits, Bill wrote for our 50th, combined to help him appreciate "the essence of life."

He died Dec. 2, 2006. At his memorial service, he was remembered with fondness as a kind and gentle man who offered warmth and friendship to all he met throughout his life.

We celebrate this happy classmate who always took great pride in his Princeton education, and we send our best wishes to Mary Lou and the family.