Ezra Parmalee Prentice Jr. ’39

Pete died April 16, 2005, in Charlotte, N.C.

After graduation and a four-year stint in the Army during World War II, he earned a law degree at Columbia in 1947 and joined the legal staff at Cadwalader, Wickersham, and Taft in New York City to practice trusts and estate law. Until his retirement in 1978, Pete commuted daily from Garrison, N.Y., where he and his wife, Anne, whom he married in 1943, settled down to raise their three children.

Pete served on the board of the Julia Butterfield Memorial Hospital and the Garrison Board of Education. A passionate naturalist, hunter, and fisherman, he enjoyed sharing his love and knowledge of the outdoors with his family and friends. He served a term as president of the Angler's Club of New York; was a member and officer of the Adirondack League Club of Old Forge, N.Y.; and was a founding member of the Garrison Fish and Game Club.

In 1995, as a widower, Pete married Sarah Anderson, and they lived in Cohasset, Mass., and Charlotte. He is survived by Sarah; his children, Nathaniel, Josephine, and Michael '78; and five grandchildren. To them all, we extend our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939