Michael H. Hirschberg ’50

Mike died Sept. 4, 2005, in Sarasota, Fla.

A cum laude graduate of St. Paul's School, he majored in politics at Princeton and belonged to Charter Club. Mike, a retired Army colonel, served in the Korean conflict and received the Purple Heart for a mortar wound that resulted in 90-percent disability.

His professional career was primarily in the book metier. He worked for D. Van Nostrand Co., Lippincott, and Harper & Row, retiring in 1990 for a pleasant life with his wife, Edith, in the Hudson Valley, where he was born. In 1997, the couple moved to Sarasota, where they enjoyed the variety of pastimes their community offered.

Don played golf as a freshman and continued to do so until physically unable. Nevertheless, he remained a fanatical devotee of the sport.

Our sympathy goes to Edith; Mike's brother, Stuart; a stepson, Thomas Lutz; stepdaughter, Patricia Skelly; and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1950