Anthony S. Briggs ’61

After a three-year battle with cancer, Tony died Oct. 4, 1996, in Malvern, Pa., where he had been living since 1995, having spent the previous 25 years abroad, in Switzerland, South Africa, and Paraguay.

Born in New Haven, Conn., and raised in NYC by his mother and stepfather, Ashbel T. Wall '37, Tony graduated from St. George's in 1956. He spent a year at Radley College in Abington, England, before coming to Princeton. At Princeton he majored in the Special Program in Public and International Affairs. Tony was a member of Charter and was active in Whig-Clio, the Princeton YMCA, and the Student Christian Assn.

Tony's career in journalism, specializing in economics, began in NYC with Business Intl., Inc. He then went abroad to continue that career and to engage in investment advisory services and export/import activities. His brother Bill '64 reports he was an "exceptionally perceptive and critical thinker."

For obvious geographical reasons, we did not see much of Tony at reunions or other class events.

He is survived by his five children, Anthony, Andrew, Timothy, Anton, and Cynthia, three grandchildren, brothers William A. '64 and Henry H. III, and a step-uncle, F. Brooks Wall '41. We join his family in mourning his passing.

The Class of 1961