Pete Simonds, attorney, public servant, and outdoorsman, died Oct. 1, 2008, in Morrisville, Vt.
A native of Belmont, Mass., Pete attended Belmont Hill School, where he excelled in sports and was active in publications. At Princeton he majored in public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, played freshman and JV football, worked in Commons and as a research assistant, and was a member of Quadrangle Club.
After Princeton he graduated from Harvard Law School. For the next 45 years he practiced law with a Boston firm. He served as general counsel for the Massachusetts Crime Commission and special counsel to the Boston School Committee. He served for 30 years as moderator of the Carlisle (Mass.) town meeting.
Pete’s interests beyond the law centered on the outdoors, especially the training of hunting dogs. A member and delegate to the American Kennel Club, he also was president of the National Retriever Club and the Colonial Field Trial Club, and won election to the Field Trial Hall of Fame in 2001.
At the time of his death he was survived by his wife, Kate; three sons; a daughter; and eight grandchildren.