He was born in Bruges, Belgium, son of the renowned British mezzotint engraver S. Arlent Edwards. He prepared at Deerfield. At Princeton he joined Campus Club and majored in philosophy.
In 1942, Sam was inducted into the Air Force. After training as a clerk typist he joined the 380th Air Bombardment Support Squadron and sailed for England and then France. After the war ended he attended the U.S. Army School at the Sorbonne. He enjoyed the cultural opportunities in Paris and became a regular visitor at the Sunday salons of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. In 1946, Sam returned to America.
Back in Connecticut, Sam earned a master’s degree in government at Yale and shortly thereafter joined the CIA. Leaving the agency in 1965, he worked as business manager of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington and later as a management auditor at Booz Allen Hamilton. These occupations allowed him time to sail with friends on the Chesapeake Bay and vacation with his family at Great Guana Key in the Bahamas.
To Sam’s wife, Susan; his children, Addison, Victoria, Andrew, and Christopher; and five grandchildren, the class sends its condolences.