Lawrence M. Blau ’59

Larry died April 2, 2015, in New York City, where he was born in January 1938. He grew up in nearby New Rochelle, attending high school there before coming to Princeton.

At Princeton, Larry’s athletic interests and aptitudes propelled him to the position of chairman of club sports for Dial Lodge, while he pursued a degree in physics and the hand of Judy Ravinett, whom he married in June 1959. He went on to garner his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Rochester, then spent four years as a research physicist at Columbia University.

Larry then took his skills to the Hospital for Special Surgery, the nation’s foremost orthopedic institution, where he served as attending physicist for nuclear medicine and as director of computer services. In 1988 he moved to Instinet Corp., a pioneering company in providing computer services and communications networks for the automated buying and selling of equity securities. He served there as vice president of database administration until his retirement in 2002, after which he kept himself occupied as an independent consultant.

Larry is survived by his wife of 55 years, Judy; his daughter, Laura; his son, Richard; and three grandchildren. We have sent condolences.