Alvin Warren Wilkinson ’40

Alvin Warren Wilkinson '40

Warren, who lived in Vero Beach, Fla., in recent years, died Sept. 13, 2007, while in hospice care after a long bout with cancer.

He prepared at Belmont Hill School. At Princeton, he majored in history, was assistant manager of Triangle Club and a member of Elm Club.

He earned a law degree from Harvard in 1943. His career began in New York City, where he specialized in antitrust law and was recognized for setting a New York Court of Appeals precedent in 1958. Returning to his childhood home area of Boston, he became a senior partner at Peabody, Brown, Rowley & Storey.

After retirement, he and his wife, the former Nancy Wyman, lived briefly in Brunswick, Maine, before relocating to Vero Beach. Warren was an avid reader, horseracing enthusiast, traveler, skier, lifelong golfer, and former member of the Vero Beach Country Club.

Warren was predeceased by Nancy. He is survived by his companion, Carolyn Hughes; his sister, Mrs. John Clapp; six children, Sarah Baldwin, Alexandra Wilkinson, Diana Abdul Wahab, Elizabeth Lane, A. Thomas, and John Warren Wilkinson; and 10 grandchildren. To them, his classmates extend their sincere sympathies.