Deceased April 11, 2022
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Dr. Peter Stayer New passed away on April 11, 2022.
Born in Macon, Ga., Peter spent most of his childhood in Tampa, Fla., and attended George School in Newtown, Pa. (class of 1953). He graduated from Cornell Medical College in New York in 1961 and completed postgraduate work at Vanderbilt University. He settled in Gloucester, Mass., where he started the Cape Ann Medical Center and married Elizabeth Gayle Stickney in 1981.
Peter retired to Punta Gorda Isle, Fla. His interests were racing his S2 7.9 sailboat, which he “moored” in front of his house; playing tennis at the Isles Yacht Club; and captaining a team at the Peace River senior men’s tennis league. While in Florida, he worked for the Veterans Administration.
His great passion was racing at Eastern Point Yacht Club, having competed in several regional and national championships. He also played in the YMCA men’s basketball league and the Gloucester adult basketball league.
In addition to his love of sports and nature, Peter was known for his knowledge of medicine, his dancing, and his charm and wit. He was extraordinarily fond of puns and plays on words. He was involved in a great practical joke at Amherst that involved Limburger cheese.
Peter was predeceased by his mother, Elizabeth Shires Stayer, and father, Frederick Winburn New; stepfather Dr. Aaron E. Margulis; stepfather Dr. Irvin E. Hendryson; youngest son, Patrick Buckingham New, of Santa Fe (d. 2011); and numerous beloved dogs and cats.
He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Elizabeth Gayle (Stickney), and sister Elizabeth Weld Nolan of San Francisco, as well as his children Bob New of Swanville, Maine; William Edwin New of Tuckahoe, N.Y.; Christian Veator of Apex, N.C.; and nine grandchildren.
Howard Bellin ’57