PGP celebrates the lives of three insightful leaders

The Petey Greene Program celebrates the lives of three  Puttkammer Leadership Circle members. They are individuals whose generosity and support created a brighter future, and the restoration of dignity for thousands of incarcerated students.

Antonio Osato Elmaleh – 1950 – 2020

Antonio Elmaleh was a real estate and green energy investor with a particular interest in the American Civil War. He understood mass incarceration, and its consequences, as our nation’s glaring evidence of racial injustice rooted in the devastating War Between the States. He is the author of “The Ones They Left Behind” a novel set in the aftermath of the Civil War and host of the podcast “Uncovering the Civil War”. His generosity to Petey Greene is an enduring symbol of his life-long commitment to social justice and educational organizations.

Arthur Yorke Allen -1936 - 2020

Arthur Allen had a long career in investment management and investment banking.  He was a member of the Great Class of ’58 at Princeton University. He became interested in the Petey Greene Program through the Class adopting the program as their project at the 50th reunion. He was an early contributor and visitor to the A.C. Wagner Correctional Facility where he offered encouragement to incarcerated students who participated in our program. He was a traditional gentleman open to new and in some cases, radical approaches to solving social problems.

Judge John Kuhlthau – 1936 – 2020

John Kuhlthau was a judge of the Superior Court of NJ and a founding member of the board of the Petey Greene Program. He and his Princeton University classmates shaped the ideas that would go on to become the Petey Greene Program. The supportive interactions our tutors provide to incarcerated students are similar to the thoughtful counsel Judge Kuhlthau rendered to young people who presented themselves in his courtroom. He will be remembered for the many charitable causes he supported including established a scholarship program for minority students at the Pennington School.