Edward Naumburg Jr. ’24
Ned died June 28, 1995, in Greenwich, Conn. He was born Jan. 19, 1903, in N.Y.C. and attended the Ethical Culture School.
At Princeton he was in the orchestra and several musical clubs, including the Banjo Club.
He married Dorothy Ott in 1953, but they were divorced in 1966. There were no children.
Ned was a stockbroker and investment adviser. He was a partner at Stieglitz & Co., and most recently he was with Cowen & Co.
Ned was vice-chairman of Friends of the Library and was a contributor to the Library Chronicle.
Ned loved books and music and was a donor and exhibitor of rare books in Firestone Library. He also arranged exhibits and lectures at the Princeton Club of N.Y. For more than 25 years he was president of the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, which have been given free in N.Y.C. since 1905.
He was a member of the Grolier Club and the Century Assn. of N.Y. He was the director and v.p. of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation, which sponsors music competitions in piano, voice, and chamber music. He was director of the Marlboro (Vermont) School of Music.
He is survived by his sister, Eleanor N. Sanger, and two nephews, Kenneth E. Sanger and Elliott M. Sanger Jr.
The Class of 1924
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