M. David Giardino ’53

Dave, whose penchant for hard work enabled him to share the good life with family and friends, died Nov. 27, 2013, after a lengthy illness at an assisted-living facility in Naples, Fla. He was 81.

Dick Minesinger, Dave’s Elm Club ironbound partner and best man at his wedding, recalled how Dave always included others when enjoyable times were to be had. Dick also related memories of the time Dave, driving a Mercedes; Dave’s son, Michael, driving a BMW; and he, driving a Porsche; raced in the Watkins Glen, N.Y., classic-car event, and the time Dave, Dick, Jim Effron, and Lynn Corson, calling themselves “The International Senior Men’s Invitational Club,” played golf in Spain and Portugal.

Dave and his wife, the former Lorraine Bell, whom he married in 1952, invited ’53ers to their spacious Princeton home after non-major reunions, Dick said. Lynn Corson recollected that Dave’s business, Equipco Sales & Rental Corp., which dealt with heavy construction machinery, was “extraordinarily successful,” as was his purchase of Princeton real estate.

Besides his wife, Dave is survived by his children, Leslie Mackinson and Michael, and six grandchildren. Dick Minesinger said: “Dave was a sportsman, a connoisseur of fine food and wine, and gracious to one and all.”