Corty Herbst ’46

Corty died Nov. 19, 2000, near his home in Maharees, Castlegregory, in County Kerry, Ireland. He had lived there since 1969 with his wife, Joan, whom he married in 1961. He had a real estate business until 1985, retiring to part-time journalism.

Corty was born in Minneapolis and prepped at the Landon School in Bethesda, Md. He spent only freshman year at Princeton, entering the Army Air Corps in June 1943. After service in Italy, he studied at George Washington and American Universities in Washington, DC. He worked there as a realtor. In Ireland, he became an enthusiast of the currach, a type of sailboat, and officiated races at the Maharees Regatta Committee.

His brother, William P. III '44, predeceased him in 1985. To Joan, Corty' s widow, the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1946