Joseph T. Josephson ’82

Joe died of complications from pancreatic cancer Oct. 8, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif.

Joe grew up in New York and came to Princeton from the Dalton School. He was a member of Colonial, graduated summa cum laude with a degree in art history, and after a stint as an art dealer, graduated first in his class at Columbia Business School.

He then embarked on a career in investment banking and became a managing director at several of the world’s pre-eminent investment banks, including Morgan Stanley, Lazard Frères, Smith Barney, and Credit Suisse First Boston. Joe co-founded Union Square Advisors in 2007.

Joe’s classmates remember him as one of the funniest and most charming people they ever met; at times it seemed that humor was his raison d’etre. He also had an extraordinary aesthetic eye and amassed a beautiful and eclectic collection of African, pre-Columbian, and Oriental art.

To his parents; his stepmother; his five sisters; his children, David and Zoe, and their mother, Martha Taylor Josephson ’84; and Barbara Goldburg Wickman ’82, the class extends deepest sympathy.