Craig died peacefully Oct. 28, 2011. He had suffered for 11 years from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Craig was a National Merit Scholarship finalist at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J. An English major, he played JV basketball at Princeton. He practiced controversy daily on issues from literature and politics to his beloved basketball. He was passionate about ideas and the value of open discussion. Years after graduation, Professor Carlos Baker wrote to Craig that “sharp students like you [are] the joy of my life.”
Craig earned a master’s degree in English from Syracuse, and, after teaching at Rutgers, attended Seton Hall Law School at night while working as an Amtrak porter. He graduated magna cum laude at age 40. After a judicial clerkship on the Third Circuit, he began a 10-year career as a deputy attorney general with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Appellate Section, where he distinguished himself arguing many high-profile cases before the state Supreme Court. He retired in 2000.
Craig married twice. He was a gentle soul who will be missed by many friends and family. The class extends condolences to his sister, Iris Fryzel; brothers Evan and Blair Zwillman; and four nephews.