In Memory of
ALLAN WITHAM PETERS
(Former APTA Board Member)
Allan
Witham Peters
of Quogue died on Sunday,
March 30, 2008 at Peconic
Bay Medical
Center in Riverhead
following a long illness.He was 79.
Mr.
Peters was born in East Orange, New Jersey
and graduated from the Taft School in 1947 and Yale University
in 1951.At Yale
he was a member of the Wolfshead Society and was a varsity football player and
star punter as well as a member of the rugby team.
He worked for Bankers Trust in New York City, then spent the rest of his
career at Citibank, retiring as a first vice president.
Mr.
Peters lived in Englewood, New Jersey
and raised his family there.After his
retirement, he moved to Quogue where he had spent his summers since the age of
16.
He was an avid tennis and paddle tennis player.He served as Treasurer and member of the APTA
Board from 1970-1976.Fellow director, Bob Brown,
recalls Allan as “an excellent, first
class director, always ready for the task and quite dedicated to the APTA.”
He and his partner Bill DeSaussaure
won the New Jersey States twice, unseeded, in 1965 and 1967.He passed on his love of paddle to his
daughter, Connie
Jones (winner of 11 National
Championships) and a grandson Matthew
Jones (winner of the under 10’s
National Championship).
In addition to his
wife, Ruth Peters, he is survived by a son, Douglas Peters,
a daughter Constance
Jones and four grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers,
donations to the Peconic
Bay Medical
Center, 1300 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11902 would be appreciated by the
family.