Lex A. Passman ’66

Lex died April 29, 2012, at his home in Pottsboro, Texas. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Lex was born in Kansas City, Mo., and graduated from that city’s Pembroke Country Day School. At Princeton he joined Colonial Club, majored in English, and roomed with Jack Folts.

After graduation, Lex joined the Army. He served courageously in Vietnam as an Army ranger and suffered wounds in combat, earning a Purple Heart and achieving the rank of 1st lieutenant.

Lex had a distinguished record at the University of Missouri Law School, where he edited the law review. Following law school, he earned an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

He had a long career as an attorney, concentrating in construction law and working both in the United States and abroad. A man of many interests and talents, Lex held a pilot’s license and a tae kwon do black belt, studied several foreign languages, and indulged a lifelong love of automobiles and motorcycles.

The class extends its sympathy to his partner, Linda Leone; his lifelong friend, Joan Passman; and his family.