Anthony M. Carey ’57

Tony died of heart failure at his home in the Inner Harbor district of Baltimore Dec. 25, 2024.

The son of Anthony M. Carey Jr. 1922, he came to Princeton from the Gilman School on a regional scholarship. He majored in history and won numerals and/or letters in freshman wrestling, 150-pound football, and lacrosse. He took his meals at Ivy Club and participated in Whig-Clio and the Pre-Law Society. Senior year he roomed with Randy Carroll, Eb Faber, Stan Emery, Bill Verner, Herb Wilgis, and Cary Woodward.

After graduation Tony served in the Air Force, attaining the rank of captain. He then graduated with a LL.B. from Harvard Law School and joined a Baltimore law firm, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, where he became a partner, specializing in energy and environmental law. In 1967, he married Eleanor Mackey, a Wellesley graduate, who became Maryland’s deputy attorney general.

Tony left his law firm to serve in government in Maryland, where he helped to write a code of ethics for government officials. He also served in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Carter administration, returning to private law practice in his own firm in 1981. Eventually he earned an M.A. in liberal arts from Johns Hopkins and established a partnership in the firm of Shelton & Carey.

Tony served on many boards of directors in the Baltimore area and was proud of helping to found and run a high school for students specializing in the visual and performing arts. He also helped to manage his wife’s political campaigns. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ellie; and two sisters.