Joseph C. Reidy ’71

Joe Reidy died March 3, 2012, as a result of follicular lymphoma.

Joe came to Princeton from the Gilbert School in Winsted, Conn., the area where he lived his entire life. He majored in basic engineering and lived with Wayne Maxson senior year. He was a member of Wilson College. During his senior year, Joe experienced the onset of and then recovery from Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Joe earned a master’s degree in economics at the University of Hartford and began his career with the Center for the Environment and Man in 1974. He helped design the evaluation of federal motor vehicle safety standards for such widely used devices as rear-brake lights, side-door supports, and passive-restraint systems. In 1980, he moved to the actuarial research department of Hartford Insurance Group.

After retirement from Hartford in 2008, Joe turned his attention to tutoring math students, playing golf, and spending time with his family. Joe was proud of and devoted to his daughters. He deeply valued his Princeton experience and contacts with classmates after graduation.

The class sends sympathy to his daughters, Elizabeth and Laura; his mother; his brothers and sisters; and the extended family.