Edward H. Bragg Jr. ’53

Ed, who as managing director of investment counselors Scudder, Stevens & Clark handled close to a billion dollars of institutional and individual assets but somehow found time to chair successful fundraising efforts for the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.; a lighthouse in Greenwich, Conn.; and his Princeton eating club, Colonial, died Oct. 21, 2013, in Greenwich, Conn. The cause was congestive heart failure.

He prepared at the Brunswick School, and his six-man ironbound with Jick Gray, Bruce MacLaury, John Strong, Bob Taylor, and Hank Crouter was the largest in 1951’s bicker. Ed majored in politics, played rugby, and was a basketball manager. A dapper dresser, he taught Hank how to tie a bowtie. He served two years as an officer in the Coast Guard and earned an MBA from Harvard.

When Ed found his illness would keep him from our 60th reunion, he directed treasurer Bob Kenagy to apply the amount to the class memorial fund instead of giving him a refund. Friendship, community philanthropy, and volunteerism were all important to Ed, and our appreciation of him goes to his wife, Margaret, a Bennett College graduate; sons Philip, James, and Winston; and two grandchildren.