Miles Warner ’42

A terrible tragedy struck the Warner household in Chadds Ford, Pa., on or about Dec. 2, 2002. Miles, a not-quite-retired lawyer, and his lovely wife, Mary, were the victims of a double homicide.

Miles prepared at Newark Academy, where he was on periodical and yearbook boards. At Princeton he earned departmental honors in English and was on the board of the Princeton Sunday News. During WWII he was a lieutenant in the Coast Guard Reserves, then served in the Merchant Marines to earn his tuition at Harvard Law School. He worked for the Philadelphia public defender's office, the state public utility commission, and practiced law in Philadelphia for 40 years. In recent years, he moved his practice to West Chester, Pa., and handled several civil rights cases, earning a reputation for helping victims of injustice and defending the right of free assembly. For 50 years he was a Democratic committeeman and closely followed national politics.

In a moving tribute, son Bob '71 said, "Dad loved life, he loved people, and he loved his family — always on his own terms." To Miles's three children — Sallie Anderson, Thomas, and Bob — and to Mary's daughter from a previous marriage, the class expresses its heartfelt sympathy.

The Class of 1942