Herbert A. Goldsmith Jr. ’50

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Herb was born in Los Angeles and graduated from Andover. At Princeton, he majored in politics, played freshman golf, and was involved with The Daily Princetonian and Tiger magazine. He graduated from the University of Michigan School of Law in 1954.

Herb was an attorney in the civil rights division of the Department of Justice. He lived in nearby Arlington, Va., with his wife, Gilah, for many years. They had two children, Joseph Simon, born in 1973, and Miriam Esther, born in 1976.

We received no news from Herb after his graduation and regret we can offer so little about his life after college.

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