Joseph G. Engel ’40

We regret the time lapse in honoring Joe, who died May 7, 2000.

He prepped at Pingry School, and as an alumnus he was a trustee and treasurer. He received the school's highest alumni award, the Letter-in-Life.

At Princeton he majored in politics, graduating with honors. A graduate of Yale Law School, he founded his own law firm of Engel and Devlin in Warren, N.J.

He was former president of the General Board of Proprietors of Eastern Division of N.J.; founding member of the Union County Bar Assn.; board of governors' member of the N.J. Historical Society, member of the executive committee of the Yale Law School Alumni Assn. — to name a few. He founded and was former president of the Legal Aid Society of Union, N.J., a testament to his caring and giving nature.

"Joe Engel was an extremely gifted lawyer. His integrity was without peer. Notwithstanding his success in all walks of life, Joe had a true compassion for those less fortunate," said US District Judge Alfred Wolen.

Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Jane Demarest Engel, three sons, William V., Richard F., and Robert J., a brother, Edward G., a sister, Mary E. Flannery, and five grandchildren.

The Class of 1940