Winfield L. Butsch ’26

WE LOST Win Butsch on Oct. 24, 1989, when he died following a series of strokes. He was a prominent surgeon in Buffalo, N.Y., and a dedicated Princetonian.

Win, who entered Princeton at the age of 15 and was the second-youngest member of the class, credited his four years at Princeton as a molding influence on his life. At Princeton he was on a championship lacrosse team, was a member of Key & Seal, played in the band, majored in biology, and graduated with honors. He studied medicine at the Univ. of Buffalo Medical School and was a surgical resident at the Mayo Clinic. He practiced in Buffalo until the war, when, as a major, he was head of surgery in an army hospital in England. After serving on a select group to survey German medicine, Win returned to Buffalo, where he became a clinical professor of surgery and head of a division of surgery at Buffalo General Hospital. Win had many interests. He was a mountain climber of note and ascended to Mt. Everest's base camp at the age of 68.

In 1932 he married Janet White O'Brian. She died in 1981. Win is survived by two sons (both third-generation surgeons), John '56, of Buffalo, and David '62, of Montpelier, Vt.; a daughter, Janet, of Denver; a sister, Margaret Bornhauser, of Osprey, Fla.; and eight grandchildren. We remember with pride a distinguished member of '26 as we extend sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1926