Cyrus F. Horine ’53

Cy, one of our lacrosse legends, died of a stroke Jan. 24, 2015, in his native Baltimore.

He was an All-American at Gilman School, captained our freshman lacrosse team, and was a stalwart goalie for the next three years. Cy majored in politics, belonged to the Student Christian Association, and ate at Ivy with roommates John Barnard, Pete Fisher, and Studs Lonergan.

His close friend Hap Hackney remembered that after graduation, Cy joined Pan American Airways, with which George Hambleton ’52 was heavily involved. In 1957, Cy married Jane Moore, daughter of the Naval Academy’s well-known lacrosse coach, Dinty Moore, and they had three children. Cy and Jane later divorced, and his business shifted to commercial property management, mainly with Sun Life Assurance Co. and W.C. Pinkard Co. Hackney also recalled that Cy once ran for a position on the Baltimore City Council.

Cy’s son, John, said his father’s hobbies were attending Princeton lacrosse games, sailing on Chesapeake Bay, photography, and bird-watching. John is establishing a perpetual trophy in Cy’s name to be given annually to an outstanding high-school lacrosse player in the Baltimore area. Naturally, we would hope the recipients would be Princeton applicants.

Cy is survived by his children, Catherine, Eleanor, and John; and six grandchildren.