Peter P. Schauffler, 90, city commerce official

Peter Page Schauffler, 90, of Kittery Point, Maine, a deputy commerce director under three Philadelphia mayors, died Sunday, July 28, of congestive heart failure at home. He had moved to Maine in 2002 to be near his children.

Mr. Schauffler was deputy director of commerce under Mayors Joseph S. Clark Jr., Richardson Dilworth, and James H.J. Tate. He served from 1953 to 1968.

Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., he grew up in Washington, where his parents worked in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In 1940, he graduated from the Putney School in Vermont. Four years later, he earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Swarthmore College, and in 1953, he completed his doctorate in political economy and government at Harvard University.

He served during World War II as a radar officer aboard the submarine Sea Leopard and was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant junior grade.

After his service, Mr. Schauffler became an aide to U.S. Rep. Chet Holifield (D., Calif.) in Washington from 1947 to 1949. He worked as an aide in the U.S. Budget Bureau before relocating to Philadelphia in 1953 to join the Clark administration.

He was director of the Greater Philadelphia Movement from 1968 to 1971 before returning to Washington to work in various nonprofits.

Throughout his career Mr. Schauffler advocated for improvements in government transportation policy, renewable fuel sources, and structural reforms in regional and national government, son David E. said.

In 1958, Mr. Schauffler married Mary Strawbridge of the department store family. The Schaufflers lived in Chestnut Hill until moving to Washington.

Surviving, in addition to his wife and son, are another son, Richard P.; a daughter, Florence Marina; two grandchildren; and a sister.

Services were private.