Edward R. Duer Jr. ’31

Edward R. Duer, having battled three successive strokes, died Nov. 5, 1994, in Salt Lake City. Born in N.Y.C., he prepared at St. Mark's. At Princeton, he was active in debating and was in the Right Wing Club, Clio Hall, Philadelphia Society, and Colonial Club. After one year at Columbia Law, he became a securities analyst for Dick and Merle-Smith.

Ed joined the Army in 1941, but was discharged after a year because of severe asthma. He entered government service in 1944 as industrial analyst with the War Production Board in Tangier, and he became consul in Casablanca in 1946, where he married Nadia de Likatscheff.

He moved to Frankfurt in 1947 for a three-year stint as chief of export control section of the Allied Military Government. In 1950, he was transferred to Italy as chief statistician of the Leghorn Military Base.

In 1952, he started the Anglo-American Book Co., which distributed books from the U.S., Great Britain, and Germany. In 1968 he settled in Salt Lake City where he did full-time charity work. His last two months were spent in a nursing home.

He is survived by his wife; daughter, Claudia Boddy; and two grandchildren. To his family and his many friends, the class extends sincere sympathy for the loss of this fascinating man.

The Class of 1931