Lou, a highly respected estate lawyer with the Manhattan firm of Davidson, Dawson & Clark, died May 6, 2015, of complications from squamous cell cancer. He had worked for the firm since graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1966, the year he and Anne married. For more than 20 years he was the firm’s senior managing partner.

Born in Washington, D.C., Lou followed his brother, Tom ’59, to Princeton. He played freshman and JV basketball, majored in psychology, and worked on Orange Key and the campus fund drive. Lou ate at Cannon and roomed with Hal Williams, Carl Dreher, and John Towers. He arrived on campus with a love of life (“work hard but play harder”) that never deserted him. The day before he died, he announced, “Life is good!”

He proudly served his profession and his community. For the 42 years that his family lived in Pelham Manor, N.Y. (“not that I’m in a rut or anything”), Lou served as mayor, police commissioner, fire commissioner, public works commissioner, and as a town councilor. He also volunteered at many charitable organizations and competed in multiple sports, notching his third hole-in-one on his 70th birthday.

The class conveys its deepest sympathy to Anne; daughter Jennifer Garrow; sons Val ’93 and David ’99; and five grandchildren.

Undergraduate Class of 1963