Edgar Lieber Newhouse III ’37

Ed died on June 28, 2002, at the age of 88, after a stroke, in Bethesda, Md. He came to us from Choate, belonged to Terrace Club, and was a politics major in the School of Public and International Affairs.

His Navy service started as an apprentice seaman, and after a four-year, nine-month tour of active duty in the Atlantic and European theaters under the Third Naval District and Bureau of Ships, he rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. In one of our yearbooks he mentioned oceanography as a hobby and his pride in membership in Bermuda-Marine Biological Laboratory.

This is a summation of his splendid career: From 1938-61, except for his Navy service, he worked for the Old American Smelting and Refining Co., serving as its DC representative from 1957-61. Ed was employed at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia U. from 1962-64, where he worked on ship operations and labor policy questions. Ed worked at the Commerce Dept. from 1964-68. He then joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Dept. as chief liaison officer to the ocean-mining industry until he retired in 1976. Ed was also a member of the US delegation to the UN on Law of the Sea.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; two sons, Martin and Jonathan; a daughter, Patricia Gerachis; and a granddaughter. Two sons, Jeffrey and Edgar IV, predeceased him. Family and friends will mourn this fine classmate, and we offer our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1937