Morris Samuel Lazaron Jr. ’38

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Mike Lazaron died Feb., 15, 1996, at his Norfolk, Va., home, where he had lived since 1949.

He came to Princeton from the Park School in Baltimore. He was v.p. of Court Club, a member of our (twotime championship) lacrosse team and is in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He was a regular attendant at our reunions.

During WWII, he was captain of the minesweeper Penetrate, which was later turned over via lendlease to the Russians. He later became a commander in the Navy's Standby Reserve.

From 194549 he worked in United Fruit's Traffic Department and for the next 10 years was manager of the Sunlight Laundry in Norfolk, Va. He then became a stockbroker with Powell, Kistler & Co. until he retired.

He was a former president of Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk, a member of the boards of the Virginia Symphony, the STOP Organization, the Norfolk Bicentennial Committee, and the Norfolk Senior Center. Mike was also an avid golfer, sailor, and woodworker.

He is survived by Edna, his wife of 52 years, and by their children, Polly, Edward G., and Louis B., his sister, Clementine Kaufman, his brother, Harold, and four grandchildren. The class will indeed miss this cheery classmate and shares deeply with his family in their sorrow.

The Class of 1938

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