In Memoriam
Peter Jon Wallace
Peter Jon Wallace
1964 Class Book
Peter Jon Wallace was a son of Mike
Wallace, the famed newscaster best known as the principal host of CBS's
60 Minutes. Peter Jon Wallace died on August 31, 1962, in Greece. His
death was either at Corinth or on Santorini, depending on which of two
conflicting versions you credit.
A Yale Daily News article on Sep. 19, 1962, states:
"Peter J. Wallace, 1964, was killed in a fall this August while hiking in
the mountains near Corinth, Greece. Wallace was a member of the editorial
board of the Yale Daily News, and had worked for CBS news. His last
published work was an article on William P. Bundy. In addition to his
activities in the field of journalism, he played tennis for Jonathan Edwards
College. He graduated from Millbrook and was the son of television
personality Mike Wallace of New York."
Mike Wallace's biography contains the
following excerpt:
"It was the death of another son, Peter, 19, in a 1962 hiking accident in Greece, that prompted Wallace to turn from entertainment ― throughout the '50s he hosted game shows and interview shows ― to news. 'I felt I owed it to Peter,' Wallace says, noting that Peter had expressed an interest in journalism, which Wallace told him was a noble profession."