William W. Berghuis ’54

Bill died Nov. 10, 2022, in Toronto, Ontario. 

He prepared at Blake School in Hopkins, Minn., where he was active in swimming, tennis, and dramatics. 

At Princeton, he majored in economics and wrote his senior thesis on “Consumer Choice and Unfair Advertising.” He joined Quadrangle Club and was business manager of The Daily Princetonian in his senior year. 

While attending Harvard Business School he met Faith Heward, a sophomore at Radcliffe, and earned an MBA in 1956. They married in 1957, while he was serving three years in the Finance Corps of the U.S. Army in Japan, and moved to Montreal in 1959. 

With a lifelong passion for investing, Bill built a career in the investment business, ultimately founding Nexus Investment Management in Toronto. He served on many boards, both professional and in his community. While he retired from active management in 2009, he remained engaged with his firm until 2020. 

Bill enjoyed tennis into his late 80s and was sufficiently fit to walk the entire length of the P-rade and back to Quad during our 65th reunion. He treasured family time in the Thousand Islands, lively banter across three generations, and his signature bourbon sour cocktails. 

Bill is survived by his wife, Faith; sons Brian ’81 and Derek ’83; daughters Kate and Willa (both Harvard graduates following in Faith’s footsteps); and eight grandchildren, including Anna ’19.