Ira D. Dorian ’37

Ira Dorian died Dec. 31, 2011,  in Paramus, N.J., where he lived with his wife, Lillian, after a long residence in Cranford, N.J.

Born in Freehold, N.J., Ira came to Princeton after graduating from Cranford High School. He majored in economics.

After Princeton, he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1940, was admitted to practice before the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1953, and maintained law offices 
in Cranford from 1949 to 1982. He was a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee and its Judicial Selection Committee.

During World War II, Ira served in the Army for four years. For part of that time he was in the Judge Advocate General’s office in India and was a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He retired from the Air Force Reserve as a lieutenant colonel.

Among his many activities, Ira was president of Cranford Historical Society, chairman of the mayor’s commission on crime, and a trustee of Cranford Public Library. He also was a former mayor of Cranford.

To Lillian and their several nieces and nephews, we send sincerest sympathy. Their daughter, Carol, died in 1987. Our fond remembrances of Ira will remain always.