Edwin Gann Snyder ’52

Responding to a brief note about Ned Snyder's death on May 18, 1999, Tom Leary wrote the following remembrance as a long-time friend and Princeton roommate:

"Ned did not graduate with our class and had secluded himself from his Princeton friends for many years. Nevertheless, he will be remembered as one of our most talented and personable classmates.

"Ned was triple talented. He could write songs with snap and wit in the style of Cole Porter, or with the haunting beauty of Noel Coward. At the same time, he could design and build scenery for the Triangle Club. He was a sturdy friend.

"Ned never fulfilled his youthful promise, and perhaps because of it, he shut out his Princeton friends in later life. But I know that he treasured his Princeton memories. I saw him last about 10 years ago for dinner in his tiny New York apartment, overflowing with Princeton memorabilia — old photos, programs, articles, and invitations. We reminisced for hours. But I could never coax him out of his seclusion.

"Ned was the only child of parents who predeceased him. He never married and leaves no survivors, other than fond memories. R.I.P."

The Class of 1952