Ira S. Siegler ’49

Ira Siegler, an active and loyal ’49er, had planned to attend the 2013 Yale game, but at the last moment sent word that he couldn’t make it. He died Nov. 28, 2013, within days of that event, in Washington, D.C. He and Gerry would have marked their 60th wedding anniversary the following February, an event their three children would have celebrated with them.

Ira majored in SPIA, graduating with high honors and election to Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the law review. He served in the Army JAG Corps in the early 1950s before he entered private practice in the Washington area, where he practiced law for the next 57 years. He specialized in estate and trust planning.

Ira was active for years in class affairs, serving as our president from 1984 to 1989. He was particularly proud that all three of his and Gerry’s children went to Princeton: John ’77, Eugenia ’78, and Douglas ’83. They (as well as Gerry) all survive him.

In our 50th yearbook, To 1999 and Beyond, Ira wrote about his happy life and said, “I envisage more of the same.” We will miss this cheerful ’49er.