Ed was born in Boise, Idaho, and graduated from Boise Senior High School. At Princeton he majored in politics and wrote a thesis on “The American Bar Association and the Presidential Treaty-Making Power: Conservative Legalism Versus Rational Internationalism.” He was a member of Quadrangle Club and ran cross-country and track.

After three years with Army intelligence, mostly in Japan, Ed graduated from Yale Law School and went to work for the firm of Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons, and Gates in New York. He lived in Chappaqua, N.Y., where he was involved with the church and school board in a number of roles.

Fifteen years out, Ed moved to Mobil Oil Corp. as corporate counsel. He spent 28 years with Mobil and made the company an industry pacesetter in the hiring of women and minority lawyers.

Retiring from Mobil, Ed moved to Washington, D.C., to serve with the firm of Holland and Knight and take on such public-service responsibilities as president of the National Symphony Orchestra board. Retiring to Bloomfield, Conn., Ed became involved in a local church, while a vacation home in Keene Valley, N.Y., brought involvement in the Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack chapter, the Ausable Club Preservation Foundation, and more.

Ed died May 19, 2019. He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Carolyn; their two children; and four grandchildren.

Undergraduate Class of 1953