Fielding E. Lamason Jr ’76

Chip died July 23, 2015, of a heart attack at his home in Vashon, Wash.

Raised in Villanova, Pa., Chip graduated from St. Paul’s School. At Princeton, he majored in anthropology, played freshman ice hockey and lacrosse, and served as president of the Triangle Club in 1977.

After graduation, Chip worked for Princeton’s Office of Admission before matriculating at Villanova University School of Law. He clerked with the Superior Court of Pennsylvania before his career as an attorney at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.

In 1997, he changed career paths and became a recording musician while a stay-at-home father. In 2004, Chip moved to New Orleans to serve as executive director of the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. In 2005, he relocated to Seattle and founded Synergy Real Estate Consultants.

Always involved with writing and recording music, Chip was interested in traditional music from Mali and West Africa, Cuba, and Brazil. In recent years, he played guitar with a local performing band in Vashon.

The class extends deepest sympathy to Chip’s father, Tex Lamason ’50; his stepmother; siblings; and daughters Sara and Fiona.