Arthur was born June 9, 1927, in New York City. At Princeton he was a history major and valedictorian of our class. He then graduated from Yale Law School, and as a Fulbright scholar earned a doctorate in international law at Cambridge University.
During his 70-year legal career in San Francisco and internationally, he was a senior partner and principal in two law firms, the first for 50 years and the second for 20. As a well-known and sought-after litigator, he represented his own clients and sometimes made court appearances for clients of other members of his firms. These court cases and other actions at law included litigation and other representation on matters such as securities and fiduciary relations, class actions, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, and foreign corrupt practices. As assistant to the United States member of the United Nations Maritime Commission, he helped to write the International Law of the Sea.
He was the longtime president of the Lombard Improvement Association in the San Francisco neighborhood that he lived in for more than 40 years.
Arthur had many close and lifelong friends — members of our Class of ’48 and others — but no surviving relatives. He died peacefully Feb. 22, 2018, in his home on Lombard Street.