Frederick Herman Bruenner ’41

Fritz died April 19, 2005, at his home in Port Washington, N.Y.

He came to Princeton from the Kew Forest School. He was a history major who graduated with honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the end of junior year. He also won honors in the Divisional Program in the Humanities.

A member of Cloister Inn, he rowed on the crew, and was an officer of Whig-Clio and chairman of the history club. He roomed variously with Hugh Johnson, Black, Ellrodt, Elfers, and Ritter.

Joining the Navy in 1942, Fritz served as an officer on the USS Straus, a destroyer escort that won four battle stars in the Pacific theater. He later was assigned to the occupation forces in Japan, before separating as a lieutenant.

After Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the law review and a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, he joined the New York firm of Breed, Abbott, and Morgan. He practiced there his entire career, retiring as senior partner.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Euphemia Bruenner, but is survived by his wife of 12 years, Nancy Allen Bruenner; sons David and Eric; a daughter, Carol Parker; four stepchildren, Tayler Neville, Leslie Schechter, George Oestreich III, and Jennifer Loeb; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The Class of 1941