Howard E. deMuth Jr. ’47

Tony died May 14, 2016, at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson, Md., of multiple organ failure. 

He graduated from the Gilman School in 1943, and because he had suffered from spinal tuberculosis as a child, he was exempt from serving in the military during World War II. Tony graduated from Princeton in June 1946 and earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948. 

He started practice with Dulany Foster, and then joined a law firm that became Cochran, Brown & deMuth. His legal expertise was in real estate, wills, estates, and trusts. Tony continued to practice until he retired in the late 1990s. Tony was a former president of the Ice Skating Club of Baltimore but, according to his daughter, “never learned to skate backward.” An enthusiastic tennis player and fan, he traveled to Forest Hills and Wimbledon to see championship matches.  Each summer the family gathered at Bethany Beach, Del.  He was a former member of the Merchants Club, Baltimore Country Club, and Elkridge Club. Tony was a longtime communicant and former vestryman at Memorial Episcopal Church.

He is survived by his wife, Anne; a daughter; four sons; and 11 grandchildren. The class extends its condolences to the family.