Victor died Sept. 17, 2014, of multiple myeloma in Santa Monica, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, he prepared for Princeton at Downers Grove Community High School in Illinois. At Princeton, Victor was a member of Terrace Club, Whig-Clio, and was a football and hockey manager. He transferred from Princeton before graduation and earned degrees at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois.
Victor worked for Dean Witter & Co.; his own investment-counseling firm, RMI Corp.; Chicago Title & Trust; and Harris Trust & Savings Bank. After moving to Los Angeles in 1987, he was the chief investment officer at First Interstate Bank of California, senior vice president at Capital Research & Management Co., and chief investment officer at Santa Barbara Bank & Trust.
Victor taught about investments at the university level and served as a director of the Investment Analysts Society of Chicago, and as president and governor of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts. Victor was a deacon at the Winnetka Congregational Church in Illinois and on the finance committee of the Westwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. He supported the Salvation Army for more than 30 years on local, regional, and investment advisory boards.
Victor’s wife, Nancy Dayton Sidhu; his sister, Marion Meade; daughter Mary and son-in-law Garrett Pittman; and five grandchildren survive him. The class extends sincere condolences to them.