Albert H. Rees Jr. ’43

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Al died April 5, 2014, in Lawrenceville, N.J., at age 94.

He prepared for Princeton at the Lawrenceville School, where he was active in school publications, tennis, and dramatics.

At Princeton he majored in economics and played intramural and club sports.

He served in the Army and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School in 1949. After a few years in private practice, he became an attorney for the state of New Jersey, where he spent the majority of his career.

He is survived his daughter Maria, granddaughters Lisa and Kristen, and grandson Mark. His wife, Maybelle, and daughter Helena predeceased him.

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