Howard Isherwood ’41

Ish died in Jupiter, Fla., Nov. 26, 2004.

Coming to Princeton from Newark [N.J.] Academy, he majored in modern languages and joined Cannon Club. Senior year he roomed with Brightman, Amberg, and Bill Jennings.

He served two tours in the Pacific as a fighter pilot. Shot down once, Ish was credited with shooting down five Japanese planes and with seven assists, earning two presidential citations. At one time he flew protection for George H.W. Bush's torpedo squadron.

Following discharge as a lieutenant commander, he attended Rutgers Law School. Admitted to the bar in 1951, Ish first joined the Newark law firm of Lum, Fairleigh and Foster. He then entered a partnership with state Sen. J. Stanley Herbert in Asbury Park. For many years he maintained a general practice that eventually was joined by his son, Thomas '70. Retiring in 1991, Ish moved from Rumson, N.J., to Florida.

Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Jeanne Barbara Hensler Isherwood; four sons, Robert, Thomas, William, and Michael; his daughter, Betsy Katz; numerous grandchildren; and his brother's daughters, Virginia and Margaret, whom he raised. He had also welcomed into his home a longtime family friend, Ada McKnight, and her son, Larry.

The Class of 1941