Edward McCarthy Jr. ’53

Ed died in Jacksonville, Fla., July 1, 2020, after a long illness.  

He entered Princeton after graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy and joined Tower Club. He majored in history and wrote his thesis on “The Economic Development of Florida since the Civil War.” After completing his military service, Ed graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder and returned to Jacksonville in 1960 to practice law with his father’s law firm: McCarthy, Lane & Adams.  

After his father’s death in 1968, he joined the firm of Freeman, Richardson, Watson, and McCarthy and then started his own firm in 1980 dealing with trials, appellate matters, real estate, and estates and trusts. Active in the Jacksonville community, Ed served on the boards of directors for Christian Healing Ministries and Riverside Hospital and on the Vestry of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, as well as the boards of several foundations.  

He is survived by his wife, Julie; his daughter, Beville; his son, Edward; four grandsons; and a granddaughter.