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Atmore, a well-known and highly respected attorney in the Phoenix area for more than 52 years, died Nov. 9, 2022. He spent the last day before his fatal stroke in a favored, comfortable routine, making court appearances and going to the gym. Just weeks earlier, he had signed up for a dorm room at our 60th reunion.
Atmore came to us from Bronxville (N.Y.) High School, where he played varsity football and baseball and received an award from the American Legion as the outstanding mathematician in the class. At Princeton, he started as an electrical engineer, then switched to the philosophy department, writing his thesis on “The Concept of Law in Thomas Hobbes.” As a member of Dial Lodge, he played touch football, basketball, softball, and darts and was a member of the Judo Club. His roommates were Larry Kadish and Burton Rose.
Atmore earned a law degree in 1969 from the University of Illinois, where he met Linda, the love of his life. They settled and raised their family in the Phoenix area, where he built a successful practice in immigration law and criminal defense.
Atmore’s entry in our 50th-reunion yearbook included this self-reflection. “I think I will be a candidate for ‘least changed,’ since I still do essentially the same things I did years ago — things like drink beer (sometimes too much), listen to rock and roll (XM 5 on satellite radio), play the piano at gatherings (although not terrific), look at the girls going by (when the wife isn’t looking at me), go to the gym and play sports (again, not terrifically), do remodeling projects on a DIY basis (some pretty good size), and still worry about paying the bills.”
Atmore is survived by his wife of 52 years, Linda; son Arlyn; and two grandchildren. His daughter, Nicole Jordana Baggot, died in 2018.