David Dawes Nee II ’98

Dave, in his third year of law school, took his own life June 22, 2005, at his apartment in Manhattan. He was 29.

Born in Hong Kong and reared there and in Rye, N.Y., Dave came to Princeton from the Loomis Chaffee School. At Princeton he earned a degree in politics, and could often be found wryly holding court in "The Green Room" of Ivy Club, a refuge for smokers and philosophers.

In the years after college Dave assisted a classmate in producing Message in a Bubble, a documentary for public television about the fortunes and misfortunes of Internet entrepreneurs. He edited an online magazine devoted to commentary and contemporary fiction, and enrolled at the Fordham University School of Law. There, Dave participated in the school's moot-court competition, and led his team to Fordham's best performance ever, 18th in the world.

He is survived by his father, Owen Nee '65; his mother, Amber; sister Claire Nee Nelson '96 and brother-in-law Josh Nelson '95; and sister Alexandra '06. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them and to Dave's many friends.

The Class of 1998