Ned died Dec. 20, 2016, surrounded by his family at home in San Francisco, after a long battle with cancer.
Ned came to us from New Trier High School. He majored in chemistry, graduating with honors in 1963. He set Ivy League records in both track and cross-country, dined at Tiger Inn, and roomed with Ron Rogers, Olin West, Bill Carr, Al Zink, and John Cadman.
After Princeton Ned served in the Navy in Vietnam, later earning an MBA from Harvard. In 1971 he married Marion Rech, who was also studying in Boston.
Ned began his career as an investment banker in New York City, moving with Merrill Lynch to San Francisco after five years. His son Nicholas was born in 1983 and Edward in 1988.
In 2002 Ned retired from his own investment-banking firm for health reasons, still doing nonprofit consulting and playing golf. A Giants baseball fan, Ned enjoyed skiing with his family at Lake Tahoe and running at Ocean Beach with his dogs. He proudly supported his sons in their endeavors. Friends knew Ned as a man of sterling character and unflinching honesty.
The class extends its sympathies to his wife, Marion; sons Nicholas and Edward; sister Joanne; and cousins, including Ord Elliott ’66.