Larry died peacefully June 12, 2013, in Washington Depot, Conn., shortly after delightedly attending our 50th reunion.
A graduate of Stanford Law School, Larry was a highly regarded investment banker working for top Wall Street firms and specializing in mergers and acquisitions in shipping, transportation, and insurance for clients such as Maersk, Shell, and Sun Oil.
Growing up in Manhattan and active in squash and crew at Fieldston, Larry also was a talented mu-sician who at age 12 studied piano and conducting at Juilliard. At Princeton he played piano for Triangle and won the Francis Biddle Prize for Literature. During his sophomore year he joined the Marines, served a hitch, and graduated with ’64.
While living in Palm Beach, Fla., in the 1990s and 2000s Larry was active in many not-for-profits and co-chaired the Poseidon Piracy Prevention Project, which helps protect mariners and their families.
In our 50th book, Larry wrote fondly of the day he left for the Marine Corps and his ’63 classmates’ sendoff, which filled him with “pure friendship, support, energy, and encouragement.” The class extends its sympathy to his son, Blair Brandt; his partner, Nancy Winston; and his ex-wife, Laura.