George T. Reynolds, Benjamin B. Tregoe Jr., Karl D. Pettit Jr., Mary L. Beilman, Norbert A. Considine, Howie B. Kiser, Alberto Gonzalez Gandolfi.
George T. Reynolds
Princeton University physicist
MONTGOMERY George T. Reynolds, formerly of Princeton, died Tuesday at Stonebridge at Montgomery of cancer. He was 87.
A physicist and educator, Dr. Reynolds was Class of 1909 professor emeritus at Princeton University and had been a leading research director in the field of cosmic rays, high-energy particle physics and biophysics.
In 1943, he was commissioned as an ensign in the Navy and assigned to Los Alamos, N.M., to work on the Manhattan Project. He was a blast-effect specialist. During the last days of the war, he was on Tinian Island, then was sent to Japan to conduct bomb-damage analysis. In 1946, he was awarded the Army-Navy Certificate of Appreciation for his contributions to the Office of Scientific Research and Development during the war. His post-war association with the Office of Naval Research led to work on nuclear-submarine development and related projects.
In 1946, he was appointed assistant professor in the Princeton physics department, promoted to associate professor in 1951 and promoted to professor in 1958. Between 1949 and 1970, he was in charge of a group working in cosmic rays and elementary particles under contract with the Atomic Energy Commission, and since 1970, his research interests had been applying the principles of physics to the study of biophysical problems.
In the academic year 1955-1956, he received a leave from Princeton University to pursue research in high-energy physics at Imperial College, London, on a Guggenheim Fellowship. In academic year 1973-1974, he was a Churchill Fellow at Cambridge University, conducting research at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology. In 1981-1982, he was visiting senior research fellow at Oxford University and visiting professor at Oxford Research Unit of the Open University. In 1985, he was a Royal Society guest research fellow at Oxford University.
In his laboratory work at Princeton, Dr. Reynolds invented the liquid scintillator, now a valuable tool for nuclear and cosmic-ray research, biological and medical research. More recently, he applied image intensification techniques to biological observations, including bioluminescence and X-ray defraction.
This work led to his appointment as a member of the corporation of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., where he was a principal investigator during the course of 31 summers. He was also an adjunct scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
He graduated from Rutgers University in 1939 with Phi Beta Kappa honors and he received his master’s and doctorate degrees in physics at Princeton in 1942 and 1943, respectively.
Since 1974, he had been a member of the board of trustees of Rutgers University, serving as chairman of the Research and Graduate Education Committee. He had served on advisory panels for many other universities, government agencies and laboratories.
He was a fellow of the American Physical Society, and he was a member of the Biophysical Society, American Society for Photobiology and the New York Academy of Science.
Professor Reynolds was always interested in music. He played the violin and viola and was an avid surf fisherman and sailor.
Son of the late George W. and Laura Reynolds, he is survived by his wife of 61 years, Virginia Rendell Reynolds, a librarian for many years at Princeton Day School; sons G. Thomas of Montgomery, Richard L. of Boulder, Colo., Robert M. of Woods Hole, Mass., and David J. of The Woodlands, Texas; and six grandchildren.
A service of remembrance is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Princeton Hospice, 208 Bunn Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540 or Annual Musical Recital of the Physics Department, Princeton University, Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Benjamin B. Tregoe Jr.
Kepner-Tregoe co-founder, chairman
Benjamin B. Tregoe Jr. of Princeton died Wednesday of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 77.
He was co-founder and chairman emeritus of Kepner-Tregoe Inc.
Born and raised in California, he graduated from Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, Calif. After serving in the Marine Corps, he received his bachelor’s degree from Whittier College and a doctorate in sociology from Harvard University.
In 1958, he co-founded Kepner-Tregoe Inc., an international management-consulting firm, headquartered in Princeton, which today conducts business in more than 50 countries and 20 languages.
Mr. Tregoe was a leading lecturer and the author of several books. His first book, "The Rational Manager," which he co-authored with Dr. Charles Kepner in 1965, is recognized as a landmark publication in the field of management methodology.
In 1993, he realized a long-held dream when he established the Tregoe Education Forum. This nonprofit organization provides middle and high school students with the critical-thinking skills needed to effectively solve problems, make decisions and work together.
He had served on the boards of directors of the J.M. Smucker Co., the National Alliance of Business, the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, Whittier College, Trenton After School Program and the Princeton Day School. He also served as chairman of an advisory committee to the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. He was a member and elder of Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton and a member of St. Simon-by-the-Sea Church in Mantoloking.
He is survived by his wife, Jeannette Gill Tregoe; son Benjamin B. Tregoe III of Boston; daughters and sons-in-law Elizabeth and Edward Gonzalez of Manhattan and Cynthia and Dion Richetti of Hopewell; and two grandchildren, Kaleigh and Gavin Richetti.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Tregoe Graduate Fellowship Fund at Harvard University, University Hall 3 North, Cambridge, MA 02138 or The Cancer Support Group and programs of care of the Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08540.
Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Karl D. Pettit Jr.
In mutual fund industry
LAMBERTVILLE Karl D. Pettit Jr. died April 14 at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 89.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he moved with his parents to Princeton in 1922, and he was a longtime Princeton resident, moving to Lambertville four years ago.
For his entire career, Mr. Pettit worked in the mutual-fund industry and as an investment counselor. He was sales director for Knickerbocker Fund from 1946 to 1952, president of Future Planning Corp. from 1952 to 1960 and a regional sales manager for Waddell & Reed from 1961 until his retirement in 2001. He attended Princeton Country Day School and The Hun School before attending Ashville School where he graduated in 1935. At Ashville, he excelled in track and football, in which sport he was selected for the first team All Western-North Carolina squad. Mr. Pettit graduated from Princeton University in 1939 and was a member of Cannon Club. He later became very active in alumni activities at the university.
During World War II, he served as a Navy fighter pilot and pioneered instruction in the night fighter program. He remained in the Naval Reserve until 1959, when he retired as lieutenant commander. Following the war, Mr. Pettit raised his family in Princeton.
In Lambertville, he attended the Presbyterian church and became known about town as a vigorous walker and sidewalk philosopher.
He was a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers Ethics Committee from 1952 to 1960.
Mr. Pettit was an avid golfer and a member of Springdale Golf Club from 1948 to 1970.
Son of the late Karl D. Pettit and Estelle Fitch Pettit, husband of the late Ruth Aten Pettit, he is survived by son Karl D. Pettit III of New Hope, Pa.; daughters Helen E. Pettit of Lambertville, Katherine P. Cruser of Princeton and Dorothy R. Pettit of Westport, Conn.; brothers Walter F. Pettit of Piedmont, Calif., William D. Pettit of Princeton and Samuel L. Pettit of Wilmington, Del.; sisters Mary P. Funk of Princeton and Barbara P. Finch of Atlantic Highlands; grandchildren Bryce S. Chase Jr., Stephanie C. Haegley, Pauli R. Pettit and Karl D. Pettit IV; and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made Princeton Regional Ballet School’s Ruth Pettit Scholarship for young girls. Contact Barry Henson at (732) 249-1254, ext. 22.
Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Mary L. Beilman
Memorial service set May 20
A memorial service for Mary Louise Beilman, who was chairman of the board of The Princeton Packet Inc., is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, May 20, at Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton.
A reception immediately will follow at The Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St., Princeton.
Mrs. Beilman, who died April 10, was the widow of Bernard Kilgore, one-time chairman of the board of Dow Jones & Co., who purchased The Princeton Packet in 1955. The company remains in Kilgore family ownership.
Active in the Princeton community, she was a former member of the board of trustees of Princeton HealthCare System and was a former board member of the Friends of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She was a former president of the Women’s Auxiliary of the University Medical Center at Princeton.
Norbert A. Considine
Grew up in Princeton
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. Norbert A. Considine died April 17 of cancer. He was 57.
He was born and raised in Princeton.
He had a long career in the financial industry. After assignments at Chase Manhattan Bank and other financial companies, he became a principal in investment banking at Cowen & Co. in New York. In 1997, he retired from investment banking and became a money manager in Albany, N.Y., at Cowen & Co. and most recently at Smith Barney, where he was senior vice president/senior portfolio manager at the time of his death.
Prior to his career in finance, he owned and operated a commercial dairy farm in Middlebury, Vt.
He was active in Republican politics in Vermont and held gubernatorial appointments relating to agricultural and environmental issues.
He was active in the Albany community, most recently as a trustee and treasurer of the board at the Albany Academy, where he served for five years. He was instrumental in many recent initiatives at the academy including the increased collaboration with Albany Academy for Girls, the boarding program, the enrollment initiative and the academy’s strategic plan.
He graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth, R.I., in 1965 and received a bachelor’s degree from The University of Pennsylvania in 1969. He also received a master’s degree in business administration from the State University of New York at Albany in 1985.
An active golfer, he enjoyed traveling the United States and the British Isles playing golf with his sons and friends. In addition to his love for golf, he was an avid runner and bicyclist.
He is survived by his wife, Eileen, of Loudonville; children Wylie of Fort Collins, Colo., Peter of Boston and William of Loudonville; mother Margaret Considine of Princeton; brothers and sisters-in-law Brian Considine and Pamela Posey Considine of Los Angeles, and Kevin Considine and Sonny Dumas of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at the Historic Church of St. Mary’s, Lodge and Pine streets, Albany.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Albany Academy or The Community Foundation for the Capital Region.
Arrangements are by Dufresne & Cavanaugh Funeral Home, Latham, N.Y..
Howie B. Kiser
Memorial service Saturday
A memorial service for Howie Bingham Kiser, who died March 30, is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Princeton University Chapel. A reception with the family will follow.
A resident of the West Trenton section of Ewing, she worked in the Alumni Records Department and Alumni Council Office at Princeton University from 1971 to 1993.
Arrangements are by Saul Colonial Home, Hamilton.
Alberto Gonzalez Gandolfi
Building, planning chief at U.N.
Alberto G. Gonzalez Gandolfi of Princeton died Wednesday at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 88.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mr. Gonzalez Gandolfi was employed by the United Nations as chief of building and planning. During his 14 years with the United Nations, first in Indonesia and then in New York City, he specialized in assisting countries to rebuild after natural disasters.
He was a professor of architecture at the University of Buenos Aires and also taught for the Organization of American States in Bogotá, Colombia, and at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Son of the late Alberto Gonzalez Ezeiza and Zulema Gandolfi, he is survived by his wife, Maria Leonor Gonzalez Llanos de Gonzalez Gandolfi; sons and daughter-in-law Marcos Gonzalez Gandolfi and Pablo Gonzalez Gandolfi and Ping Xiao Gonzalez; daughters and sons-in-law Luz Maria and Estanislao Salcedo, Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi and Daniel Wolfson, and Gloria Gonzalez Gandolfi and Jose Maria Sardou; and grandchildren Malvina, Julian, Lorenzo, Andres, Serena and Christina.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church 214 Nassau St., Princeton,
Entombment will follow in Princeton Cemetery.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany St., New Brunswick, NJ 08903.