Harold Pilskaln Jr. ’53

Harold died Jan. 31, 2023, of complications of Alzheimer’s disease. 
He was born in Cleveland, and came to Princeton after graduating from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio. Harold rowed crew and was a member of Colonial Club. He majored in sociology and did an experimental thesis on the moral judgments of children. 
After graduation, Harold went to Harvard Law School to acquire an LL.B. and then entered the Marine Corps, serving briefly in Virginia and then at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Santa Ana, Calif. He was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar and then moved to California, where he specialized in real estate and title insurance law, on which he lectured frequently. He was a member of the California, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and American bar associations, and achieved admission to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. He served as executive vice president and member of the board of directors of several national cooperate title insurance companies, was a partner in a California real estate law firm, and ran a private law practice in Massachusetts until he retired in 1998.  
When Huntington’s disease struck his young wife Polly and then his daughter Suzanne and son Peter, he worked tirelessly for many years with the National Huntington’s Disease Society board, the Northeast Regional group’s organization, and Centers of Excellence on issues of care, family support, and increasing awareness of the disease. 
Predeceased by his first and second wives and eldest son, Harold is survived by his brother Robert, daughter Cindy, and grandson Harold.