Deceased September 8, 2021
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In Memory
I am very sad to report on the passing of Bill Ziegenfus, a classmate and fellow Beta. Zig passed away on Sept. 8. He is survived by the love of his life, Liz. He and Liz began a most happy relationship back when they were in middle school, and the union survived 64 happy years of marriage. Zig is also survived by his four children, 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a sister, Barbara.
While at Amherst, Zig was able to successfully deal with the rigorous pre-med curriculum. He was also able to contribute mightily to the success of the Jeffs’ outstanding baseball team; he was the starting right fielder and cleanup batter during each of his three years on the varsity. In 1959, he and teammates Ted Kambour ’57 and Bob King ’57 were named to the Centennial Baseball Team, which marked the 100th anniversary of Amherst’s first intercollegiate baseball game. In that game, Amherst beat Williams by the unbelievable score of 73 to 32.
Following Amherst, Zig attended Jefferson Medical School and graduated in 1961. He then served as an intern at Philadelphia Presbyterian Hospital. Next, he served for three years as a physician in the U.S. Navy, during which time he and Liz lived in Japan. Zig continued his career as a resident at Thomas Jefferson Hospital and went on to complete a pediatric urology fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian in New York. He then accepted a position as a pediatric urologist at Alfred I. DuPont Hospital in Wilmington, Del., and concluded his outstanding career as a urologist at Riddle Hospital in Media, Pa.
Zig led a full, productive and happy life. You are missed by many, my old friend.
Bill Donahue ’57