Henry L. Shepherd III ’63

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Nick died May 12, 2020, in the town of Orleans, Mass., where he lived and worked for many years.

Nick came to Princeton from Pomfret School, where he was editor of the school paper and a varsity letterman in basketball and baseball while finishing second in his graduating class. At Princeton he majored in English and wrote his senior thesis on “The Significance of the Pan Myth in the Writings of E.M. Forster.” He was a member of Key and Seal and active in Orange Key and Whig-Clio. He played on the freshman basketball and baseball teams.

After graduation, Nick earned a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He had a general law practice, specializing in real-estate law. In addition to their home in Orleans, he and his wife, Kathryn, who survives him, had a home in Naples, Fla.

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