Captain, 1939-40 Princeton track and field team, and opthalmologist in private practice in Morristown, New Jersey, from 1950 until retirement in 1996. He attended Princeton Preparatory School and Irvington High School before entering Princeton. Perina majored in biology, graduating with second-group honors. He was manager of Cannon Club and played three varsity sports. Perina was elected captain of the 1939-1940 Princeton track team, and won two national championships in the long jump. He was only the third Princeton freshman ever to win a varsity letter, setting a University long-jump record and participating in the Penn Relays. He is still listed as number 10 in length jumped among Princeton's historic top 25 long jumpers. On May 17, 1939, he pitched during the first televised baseball game (Princeton vs. Columbia). Scouted by the Yankees, he turned down a professional contract to study medicine. In 1943, he graduated from the University of Rochester Medical School with postgraduate training at Yale and Harvard. He was a World War II Navy veteran, serving as beach battalion medical officer at the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa. For some years, he was a member of Princeton's track advisory board. He and his late wife, Adele, were active in many civic activities in and around Morristown. He was survived by his son Anson; daughters Barbara LaVecchia, Catherine Samuelon, and Emily Katz; and 16 grandchildren.
Captain, 1939-40 Princeton track and field team, and opthalmologist in private practice in Morristown, New Jersey, from 1950 until retirement in 1996. He attended Princeton Preparatory School and Irvington High School before entering Princeton. Perina majored in biology, graduating with second-group honors. He was manager of Cannon Club and played three varsity sports. Perina was elected captain of the 1939-1940 Princeton track team, and won two national championships in the long jump. He was only the third Princeton freshman ever to win a varsity letter, setting a University long-jump record and participating in the Penn Relays. He is still listed as number 10 in length jumped among Princeton's historic top 25 long jumpers. On May 17, 1939, he pitched during the first televised baseball game (Princeton vs. Columbia). Scouted by the Yankees, he turned down a professional contract to study medicine. In 1943, he graduated from the University of Rochester Medical School with postgraduate training at Yale and Harvard. He was a World War II Navy veteran, serving as beach battalion medical officer at the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa. For some years, he was a member of Princeton's track advisory board. He and his late wife, Adele, were active in many civic activities in and around Morristown. He was survived by his son Anson; daughters Barbara LaVecchia, Catherine Samuelon, and Emily Katz; and 16 grandchildren.
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