David A. Belasco ’64

David died March 27, 2024, of complications of treatment for lymphoma. 

He graduated at the top of his class from Asbury Park (N.J.) High School and majored in mathematics at Princeton. He later graduated from New York University Law School with an L.L.M. in taxation. In 1968, he married Barbara Friedman. They lived first in Elizabeth, N.J., then settled for the decades to come in nearby South Orange not long after their son Mark was born. 

David worked as an estate planning specialist and department manager at Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. and later at Epstein, Epstein, Brown, Bosek & Turndorf, a New Jersey law firm. He served on the American Bar Association gift and estate tax committee. The balance of David’s career was in private practice, doing estate planning as a sole practitioner along with pro bono work for family and friends and organizations he supported.

In the early 1970s, David recognized fellow math major Bob Gilman ’64 on the platform at NJ Transit’s Broad Street station. Their two families became neighbors in South Orange. David, in his calm way, helped Bob with the then-contentious issue of easements for cable TV. 

David is survived by Barbara, Mark, daughter-in-law Grace, and brother Ken.