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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Sanford Maxwell Aronovic
Sanford Maxwell
Aronovic
d. Feb 21, 2016
Sanford Maxwell Aronovic's Obituary
Sanford M. Aronovic died peacefully on February 21, 2016 after a short illness. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was raised in Manhattan, eventually settling in Princeton with his wife Gilda in 1965. He was deeply loved and is survived by his wife of 58 years, Gilda Aronovic, his three children – Dan, Asher and Diane—and five granddaughters. Dr. Aronovic was 89.
Sandy (as he was called) was an excellent student, graduating Stuyvesant High School for gifted students at the age of 16. After serving in the US Air Force at the end of WWII, by the age of 19 he had graduated from Columbia University's School of Pharmacy. His father owned a pharmacy in Manhattan, and wanted him to take over the business. But since the age of 16, Sandy knew he wanted to be an Analytical Chemist, and he eventually earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He worked at Lederle Labs in NY, American Cyanamid in Stanford, CT, Maumee Chemical in Ohio and Union Camp and Thiokol Chemical in NJ.
Sandy was an active member of the Jewish Center of Princeton, a tennis and table tennis player, as well as a lover of the jazz greats such as Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong. He saw all three of his children participating on the Princeton High School tennis teams and all of them playing trumpet in the high school studio jazz band. He was an active member of CWW, Community Without Walls for Seniors in Princeton. He went to the gym 3 days a week and was an avid reader of novels. He will be sorely missed.
Services will be private.
Sandy (as he was called) was an excellent student, graduating Stuyvesant High School for gifted students at the age of 16. After serving in the US Air Force at the end of WWII, by the age of 19 he had graduated from Columbia University's School of Pharmacy. His father owned a pharmacy in Manhattan, and wanted him to take over the business. But since the age of 16, Sandy knew he wanted to be an Analytical Chemist, and he eventually earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He worked at Lederle Labs in NY, American Cyanamid in Stanford, CT, Maumee Chemical in Ohio and Union Camp and Thiokol Chemical in NJ.
Sandy was an active member of the Jewish Center of Princeton, a tennis and table tennis player, as well as a lover of the jazz greats such as Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong. He saw all three of his children participating on the Princeton High School tennis teams and all of them playing trumpet in the high school studio jazz band. He was an active member of CWW, Community Without Walls for Seniors in Princeton. He went to the gym 3 days a week and was an avid reader of novels. He will be sorely missed.
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