Edwin Wagner Bragdon ’43

Ed was a man of unlimited interests and boundless energy who succeeded in three distinct careers. He also was class treasurer for 11 years, until medical complications led to his death Oct. 11, 2009, in Weston, Mass. He was 87.

Born in Evanston, Ill., he came to Princeton from Evanston Township High School. He majored in physics, lettered three years in cross country and track and was elected track captain, was assistant editorial editor of The Daily Princetonian, and joined Whig-Clio and Tower Club. Years later he served on the Princeton-Boston Scholarship Committee and supported track and women’s basketball.  

During World War II, Ed worked with Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago, then went to the Manhattan Project and classified work at Los Alamos. He next entered Harvard Law School, passed the California bar, and returned to Chicago to join a law firm. Eventually, his interest in the stock market led him to become a fund manager for Eaton Vance in Boston. He loved jazz, distance running, sailing, travel, and Boston sports teams.  

In addition to his wife of 59 years, Dale Doran Bragdon, he is survived by a son, David A. Bragdon; daughters Leslie W. Vieth and Martha R. Bragdon ’79; and two grandchildren.