James A. Guest ’60

Jim Guest died of lung cancer Aug. 17, 2004, in Sarasota, Fla.

Jim was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Manhasset, N.Y. He prepared for Princeton at Choate. At Princeton he participated in 150-pound football, was the hooker for the Rugby Club, and was a member of Army ROTC. He ate his meals and socialized at Tower Club with great enthusiasm. Jim majored in economics and had as his senior thesis adviser, William Bowen (subsequently president of the University). His roommates junior and senior year were Steve Bednar, Allan Griffith, Ray Nash, Paul Roberts, and Chuck Vogel.

Upon graduation, Jim served in Korea as an Army lieutenant in a field artillery battery. He subsequently earned a law degree from Stanford University and moved to Minnesota, where he worked as an investment manager for Investors Diversified Services and then for the Lutheran Church in America before starting his own law practice. In 1985 he moved to Sarasota, and worked on public market and venture-capital investments. He loved to travel and was a member of the senior softball league.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to Cindy, his wife of 34 years, and his daughter, Cassie.