James Ehrenfeld ’58

Jim died Nov. 9, 2002, after an almost year-long fight with cancer.

Jim prepared for Princeton at Newark Academy. He majored in music and wrote his thesis on Ernest Bloch. While at Princeton he was a member of the student cabinet of the Hillel Foundation and a member of Elm Club. Graduating cum laude, Jim earned his medical degree from NYU followed by an internship at Beth ISrael Hospital in NYC. He then earned a postgraduate degree in ophthalmology and served his residency at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Changing careers, Jim graduated from Columbia Law School as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and joined a NYC law firm. Fascinated with computers, Jim taught himself computer programming and founded QA Systems, a software company that has nationwide clients in the health, hospital, government, and insurance industries.

His wife, Judy, said, "Jim was a man who reveled in life, a true Renaissance man, passionate about all his interests." He created beautiful photography, and had what he called "a Smithsonian complex." Throughout his life he wrote poetry, viewing the poems as reflections of his soul and creative manifestations of his being a "certified iconoclast."

The class sends deepest sympathy to Judy; son Nathan and his wife, Tammy; and grandson Hayden.

The Class of 1958