Marc A. Seldin ’51

Marc was born Feb. 10, 1929, in St. Louis, Mo., to Herman and Selma Golman Seldin.

He was a 1947 graduate of John Burroughs (Mo.) School. At Princeton he majored in architecture, belonged to Dial Lodge, and roomed with Bob Camp, Charlie Wulfing, and Dick Wythes.

In the fall of 1951 he entered the Coast Guard and served for two years. Marc and Ruth “Suzy” Bettman were married in 1957 and had three children. They divorced in 1983.

Marc went into the family women’s-wear business, and thus began his 50-year career in the garment industry, running Miss Elaine, which sells women’s sleepwear and loungewear. His son, James, now heads the company.

He was a supporter of the City Academy, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, the St. Louis Jewish Federation, and Washington University in St. Louis.

Marc died at home June 5, 2015, at the age of 86. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; children James, Jeffrey, and Sally Harrison; stepson Keith Fleischer; and their families; and his former wife, Suzy Seldin. His sister, Elaine Kornblum, predeceased him.

Donations in his memory to the City Academy or the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish Hospital College would be most appreciated.