Carol Lyttle Jr. ’51

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Chick was born Aug. 13, 1929, in Bronxville, N.Y., to Carol J. Lyttle and Gertrude Fearing Lyttle.

He prepared at Phillips Exeter, majored in history, and was active in Glee Club. Chick rowed on the freshman crew, participated in Theatre Intime, and ate at Cloister Inn. He roomed with Greg Sheridan and Bob Thornton and spent his summers working at Camp Dudley on Lake Champlain.

Chick earned a law degree at Columbia and served a three-year tour with the Army Counter-Intelligence Corps, mostly in Bremerhaven, Germany. He and Esther-Lynn Stilley were married in 1967. Chick spent his entire career with the New York law firm of Whitman & Ransom, starting there in 1958 and retiring in 1997 as a senior partner.

He and his family lived in New Canaan, Conn., for years. Chick loved to sing and was active at various times in the Greenwich Choral Society, New Canaan Congregational Church choir, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Westchester Mid-Hudson Opera Co., and the Roswell Primetime Singers. He also loved playing the piano and would often play for the residents at nursing homes.

Chick died Sept. 20, 2014, at home in Roswell, Ga. He is survived by Esther-Lynn; their daughters Stephanie Tonra and Lea Vickery; and their families.