“Mad” died July 17, 2007, at his home in Muskegon, Mich.

After World War II Army service, he entered Princeton and accelerated to earn an undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School in 1949 and a graduate degree there in 1952. He chose ’50 for his class, in part to coordinate with his roommate, Bjorn Anderson.

After graduation, Mad led what he described as a “peripatetic existence” for eight years. Two of these were in legitimate theater, where he worked closely with Tallulah Bankhead. He finally settled into the corporate finance field.

At age 62, after 27 years in finance, he decided to pursue a “less-pressured career” as a bartender. This prompted a 1987 move from New Jersey to Oregon to be close to his son. Between 1987 and his move to Muskegon in 2000, he spent four years in Europe and eight as a bartender at the University Club in Portland. While in Muskegon he volunteered at the Muskegon Museum, and enjoyed reading and theater. For our 50th, Mad wrote, “In a quiet way my life has been personally rewarding.”

Our sympathy goes to his son, Madison III, two grandchildren, and a half-brother.

Graduate Class of 1952
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Undergraduate Class of 1950