Max David Gunther ’49

Max died of emphysema on his 71st birthday, June 28, 1998, in a nursing home near Southbury, Conn.

Max was born in Mendon, England, and grew up in Maplewood, N.J., where he attended Columbia H.S. At Princeton he majored in English and the humanities. He worked on The Tiger and the Daily Princetonian, and wrote scripts for WPRU. He rowed on the crew and belonged to Key and Seal Club.

Following Princeton he wrote for Business Week and Time. In 1952 he married Dorothy Eckberg; they had three children. In 1956 he quit commuting and became a freelance writer, contributing to a host of first-rate magazines. In addition he authored the '49 class surveys for our 10th, 20th, and 25th yearbooks.

Over time he collaborated on, or wrote himself, some 28 books. When Dottie died in 1987 he retired from writing and engaged in his hobbies of hiking, poker, cooking, the stock market, and playing mandolin in a jazz group.

Max was survived by his son, Bob, daughters Kate and Meg, and six grandchildren. The class extends its heartfelt sympathy to them on the loss of this kind, creative, hard-working, and rather private man.

The Class of 1949