Ned, who followed his grandfather and father to Princeton, was born in New York City to the former Katherine Dougherty, a Smith College graduate and a pioneer biologist, and Edward H. Jr. 1910, a New York Stock Exchange member. He died July 31, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz., from complications after a fall.
He boarded at the Asheville (N.C.) School. At Princeton he roomed with Fred Catterall and Hank Walter senior year, and the three dined at Key and Seal. Ned had an amazing intellect but never let on he was a member of Mensa.
He earned a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and was a bank trust officer before obtaining a master’s degree in library science in 1963, the year he married Sally Long, an accomplished artist. They moved to Arizona, where he became chief librarian at the University of Arizona College of Law, assisting students and lawyers and heading public relations until his retirement.
Surviving are Sally; his children, Juliana Ore-Giron, Sally Markley, and Edward H. IV; and six grandchildren. His children said their father “had a powerful skill of observation,” that he “was able to nail the character of an individual in short order and without judgment,” and he “always picked out the most delicious item on a menu.”