Grenville Garside ’52

Gren died of cancer Sept. 22, 2006, at his home in Norfolk, Conn.

A longtime resident of Washington, D.C., and Norfolk, he had moved to Norfolk full time in 1999.

He entered Princeton from Exeter with the Class of 1951 and, after distinguishing himself as Prince chairman, a politics major, and Quadrangle Club president, graduated as a member of 1952. He served in the Army in Korea from 1952 to 1954, and in 1959 received a law degree from the University of Virginia.

Gren’s early career included service as assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, as special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior, as legislative counsel to Sen. Henry M. Jackson and vice president of the senator’s foundation, and as staff director and counsel to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

From 1979 to 1995, as a partner in the Washington firm of Van Ness Feldman, he concentrated on energy, natural resources, and environmental law, working with corporate clients on legislative issues. He also was counsel to Americans for Energy Independence.

In retirement he served Norfolk as a chronicler of its architecture and as a newspaperman.

Gren is survived by his beloved wife, Barbara; daughter Elizabeth; sons Jonathan and Alexander; and four grandchildren. To them, the class extends deepest condolences.