Peter Alan Korstad ’71 died on June 16, 2005, in Washington, DC.

Born on August 19, 1948, in Minneapolis MN, he prepared for college at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland and at St. Albans School in Washington and became a member of Zeta Psi Fraternity at Bowdoin. Following his graduation in 1971, he started a company called Tropica Interior Landscaping, with services involving the sale of plants and containers, the rental of plants and containers, and professional maintenance of tropical plants. In 1987, he sold Tropica, Inc., and became president of Timber Design Inc., in Washington, and became an investor in residential real estate. There are no immediate survivors.