Mike died May 18, 2012, of cardiac arrest, following a long battle with cancer.
He entered Princeton from Fort Myers (Fla.) Senior High School, where he was president of the senior class and student body and a member of the football and track teams. At Princeton he majored in English, belonged to Charter Club, rowed lightweight crew, and played in several musical groups.
After graduation, Mike earned a law degree at Duke and returned to Fort Myers. He reported in our 25th-reunion book that until age 40 his primary focus was on music rather than law. He enjoyed some success in the music field, selling one song to Willie Nelson and having another featured in a major movie. At age 40 he decided to focus on law and joined a Fort Myers firm, where he practiced until cancer prevented it. At the time of his death, he had completed a semiautobiographical novel, Temple of Mercy.
A loyal Princetonian to the end, he was a fixture at major reunions. Classmates still recall him at the 20th, on the bandstand belting out The Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Woman.”
Our condolences go to Mike’s children, Lonnie, Sarah, and Christopher; and his friend and former wife, Susan.