Burt J. Abrams ’55

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Burt, attorney and retired partner with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York City, died June 18, 2022.

He was born in Brooklyn Oct. 21, 1934. He attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, where he participated in student government, the math team, and publications. At Princeton, he majored in the School of Public and International Affairs and joined Campus Club. He was executive editor of The Daily Princetonian and participated in IAA basketball and touch football. He was also a Campus Fund solicitor and member of the Whig-Clio freshman debate panel. His senior-year roommates were Leonard Inker and Leonard Zegans.

After graduation, Burt attended Harvard Law School and worked at the U.S. Department of Justice before joining Milbank Tweed, where he was a tax lawyer. He and his wife, Fern, lived in northern New Jersey and also had a home in Naples, Fla. Burt’s favored enjoyments were bridge and golf.

He is survived by his wife, Fern Broida Abrams; and two daughters, Alison Abrams and Jana Karam.

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The cover of PAW’s November 2024 issue, featuring an illustration of a military tank that's made out of a pink brain, and the headline "Armed With Ideas: Princetonians lead think tanks through troubled political times."
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