Alan J. Pogarsky ’59

Alan died Aug. 2, 2019, in Jackson, N.J., of complications associated with neuroendocrine cancer. He came to Princeton from Freehold (N.J.) High School, where he was president of the student council. At Princeton, Alan majored in politics, participated in Orange Key, broadcast news and sports for WPRB, and joined Terrace Club. He was a four-year veteran of Commons.

Alan earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1962. He returned to New Jersey, entering private practice in Toms River and serving as an assistant Ocean County prosecutor and deputy attorney general. A certified civil trial attorney, he held memberships in numerous trial associations. He was president of the Ocean County Bar Association, a trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and Foundation, and was elected State Bar president in 1990. He was a delegate to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. In 1996 he was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, sitting in Trenton and Toms River until his retirement in 2008. Never forgetting his Princeton roots, he chaired the Alumni Schools Committee of Ocean County for 32 years.

Alan is survived by his wife, Ruth; his sons, Greg and Steve ’88; and two grandchildren. We have sent condolences.