Anthony S. Brandt ’58

Tony died Nov. 14, 2024, in Quogue, Long Island, N.Y. He was 87.

He came to Princeton from Westfield (N.J.) High School. At Princeton, he was enrolled in ROTC and sang double bass in the choir. The choir director urged him to pursue an opera career. He didn’t pursue singing professionally, but would later serenade his second wife, Lorraine Dusky, with the Nat King Cole song “Sweet Lorraine” at their wedding in 1981 and each year on her birthday.

After graduation, while married to his first wife, Barbara Rescorla, he underwent military training to be a forward observer, a dangerous assignment. “He was very, very good at this,” Lorraine recalled. “Once, when they were giving a demonstration to the higher brass, his commanding officer was very pissed off because Tony hadn’t shaved that morning, but he made a perfect shot. After that, the commanding officer said he wanted to adopt him. He was quite proud of the fact that he could do this, but he was never in battle.”

Tony is survived by Lorraine, two children, and two grandchildren. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them all. A more complete essay about his life is at: https://www.easthamptonstar.com/obituaries/20241121/anthony-brandt-author-and-poet-87.