Joe died of complications from pancreatic cancer Oct. 8, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif.
Joe grew up in New York and came to Princeton from the Dalton School. He was a member of Colonial, graduated summa cum laude with a degree in art history, and after a stint as an art dealer, graduated first in his class at Columbia Business School.
He then embarked on a career in investment banking and became a managing director at several of the world’s pre-eminent investment banks, including Morgan Stanley, Lazard Frères, Smith Barney, and Credit Suisse First Boston. Joe co-founded Union Square Advisors in 2007.
Joe’s classmates remember him as one of the funniest and most charming people they ever met; at times it seemed that humor was his raison d’etre. He also had an extraordinary aesthetic eye and amassed a beautiful and eclectic collection of African, pre-Columbian, and Oriental art.
To his parents; his stepmother; his five sisters; his children, David and Zoe, and their mother, Martha Taylor Josephson ’84; and Barbara Goldburg Wickman ’82, the class extends deepest sympathy.