Laurance Bradley Higbie ’50

Larry Higbie died of a heart attack Aug. 4, 1997, while hiking with his wife, Susan, in Aspen, Colo. He was 69.

Larry prepared for Princeton at Phillips Andover Academy, where he was involved with the yearbook and participated in track and fencing. While at Princeton he was assistant advertising manager for the Nassau Sovereign and worked on the Campus Fund Drive. He was a member of Cottage Club.

Early in his career, Larry worked in the Detroit area, where he was born, first as a producer in a visual aids company and then in sales of tubing for the auto industry. In the early 1960s he moved to Ross, Calif., and then in 1988 to Santa Fe, N.M., where he was a real estate developer.

Larry loved and thrived in the outdoors. While in Detroit, he would retreat to his cabin on the Sturgeon River in northern Michigan. Skiing, fly fishing (which he lived for), and golf were all major activities in his life. He scored a hole-in-one in 1996.

Larry served on various boards in Santa Fe including Habitat for Humanity and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.

Larry is survived by his wife of 42 years, Susan; a daughter, Kim Norton; sons Brad and Bruce, and four grandchildren, to whom the Class of '50 offers its deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1950