David Shute ’53

Information was received from Princeton’s Alumni Records office that David died May 17, 2008. His last residence, according to Alumni Records, was Chicago. His widow, the former Gerri Hilt, whom he married in 1989, said he died of Parkinson’s disease.

David enrolled from Dearborn (Mich.) High School, participated in numerous extracurricular activities, and majored in English. He belonged to Quad and roomed senior year with Don Taylor and Charles Keller ’54. After graduation, he attended O.C.S. at Newport, R.I., and spent three years in the Navy. He married Lorna Lesnick in 1953 and they became parents of two sons, David K. and Douglas R., but were later divorced.

David was at Michigan Law School from 1956 to 1959 and then practiced with the firm of Foley, Sammond & Lardner in Milwaukee, becoming a partner in 1965. From 1989 to 1996, he was general counsel for Sears Roebuck in Chicago. His wife Gerri said he read voraciously, enjoyed the theater, movies, skiing, and travel abroad. She said that at his last Michigan Law School reunion, his class resolved that, “Every class has its beloved character, and David Shute is ours.”