Michael J. Friedlander ’59

Mike Friedlander, a two-time heart transplant recipient, died on July 8, 1999.

Mike, born in NYC, came to Princeton by way of Deerfield Academy. A biology major, Mike played on the j.v. squash team and belonged to Dial Lodge. Following graduation, he joined Hirsch & Co. in NYC. In 1973, he became a limited partner of Bear Stearns & Company. In 1977, he formed Currency Associates, a limited partnership trading currencies and metals in the US and abroad. Four years later, he organized a similar company, Currency Associates II. In Apr. 1983, he established a full-service investment firm, Friedlander, Hockler, Kaminsky & Co., Inc. He later founded M.J. Friedlander Co., Inc., when he moved to Southern Pines, N.C.

Mike received his first heart transplant in Sept. 1988. A second followed a few years later. Throughout his life he remained an avid horseman, spending much of his leisure time riding and jumping. In Jan. 1998, he settled in Middleburg, Va., the heart of "horse country," where he bought a large horse farm.

In Aug. 1988, Mike married his second wife, Michele Trufant, who survives him. He is also survived by a son, John, by his first wife. To them the class extends its sympathies.

The Class of 1959