David William Reger, 64, of Hopewell Township, died Dec. 11 at the University Medical Center at Princeton.
Born in Tullahoma, Tenn., he was the son of the late William H Reger and Phyllis A. Reger and his late step-mother, Elizabeth W. Reger.
Dr. Reger received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. He was a member of Alpha Gamma Tau Fraternity and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the US Army upon graduation in 1965. He continued his education at Rutgers University receiving a master’s degree in biochemistry and a doctorate in organic chemistry.
In 1969, Dr. Reger began serving in the US Army Chemical Corps at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. He was deployed to Chu Lai,Vietnam and promoted to captain while serving as a personnel officer for the 523rd Signal Battalion. Upon his return from Vietnam, he taught organic chemistry at Rutgers University for one year prior to being employed as a process chemist at American Cyanamid in West Windsor.
In 1977 Dr. Reger graduated from Seton Hall Law School and was admitted to the NJ Bar. Subsequently, he was employed as a deputy attorney general for the State of New Jersey in the Environmental Law Section. He practiced law for two years for Stryker, Tams, and Dill in Newark, before becoming a partner in 1986 at the law firm of Bressler, Amery and Ross, Florham Park, where he chaired the environmental law practice.
He was admitted to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and also to the US District Court, District of New Jersey.
A member of Pennington Presbyterian Church, he also was a former member of the Hopewell Valley Lions Club.
He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Phyllis, and two sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Thomas Reger and Minjung Reger of Lansdale, Pa., and Michael Reger and Melanie Reger of Streetsboro, Ohio; three grandchildren, Abigail, Lukas and Karly Reger; a brother, Dr Daniel Reger and his wife Cheryl of Columbia, S.C.; a nephew, Dr. Lance Reger, wife Dena and daughter, Stella of Charlotte, N.C.; and a niece Dr. Jill Zouzoulas and her husband, Dr. Stephen Zouzoulas, also of Charlotte.
Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday at the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, Pennington Circle.
A memorial service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, South Main Street and Curlis Avenue, Pennington, with the Rev. Susan Fall officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College), Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md., 21157-4390, or to Princeton Health Care System Foundation, 253 Witherspoon St., Princeton, 08540-9914.
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