Edmund Thomas Delaney ’33

Ed Delaney died in Chester, Conn., on Dec. 17, 2000. He was 86. Ed had mild dementia. He had left his home one afternoon and did not return. A search by scout troops and two fire departments resulted in the discovery of his body in a nearby stream, where he had apparently fallen.

Ed practiced law in New York for 30 years. In 1970 he moved to Chester, a town which came to love him and his wife, Barbara, for the active support and beneficence they gave to it. Ed was described by friends as an attorney, a military intelligence officer, historian, writer, and benefactor. He attended town meetings, to which he contributed his constructive wisdom. He and Barbara served as presidents of the Chester Historical Society and were instrumental in helping to preserve the old Chester Meeting House.

Ed loved to write, all the way back to the days of his thesis at Princeton. He considered it an addiction. He wrote a hallmark book, The Connecticut River, in addition to several books on the histories of neighborhoods in New Torl (including Greenwich). In 1994 he wrote an autobiography entitled Me Vola.

The family Ed acquired in Chester and his very own family will miss Ed very much. Barbara survives him, as do children Topher and Nick, and five grandchildren.

The Class of 1933