At Princeton, Ted majored in history and belonged to Elm Club. He earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956. Ted joined the Philadelphia law firm of Saul Ewing in 1964 and became a partner two years later. From 1981 to 1984 he was the firm’s managing partner, and for 20 years he chaired its real estate department. He retired in the late 1990s.
For many years Ted was chairman of the Children’s Seashore House, a care facility for children with developmental disabilities and chronic illnesses.
Ted fly-fished in streams and rivers in Pennsylvania and Montana. “He considered fishing to be an intellectual challenge, a spiritual journey,” his son, Ted ’83, said. “There was a poetic quality to the way he saw life, baseball, and his beloved Phillies. He loved art and music — from the folk songs of his childhood, sung nightly to his young children, to Strauss and Bach.”
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jane Nelson Beatty; daughters Cynthia Reese ’86 and Ann Beatty-Rose; two sisters; and nine grandchildren.