Otto B. Reimer ’21
Otto B. Reimer died July 24, 1995, in Scarsdale, N.Y., his home of many years.
Otto was born Dec. 21, 1898, in N.Y.C. He attended the Polytecnic Country Day School in Brooklyn. At Princeton he was on the tennis team and rowed crew. He was secretary of Whig Hall, president of Madison Hall, and president of the Dining Halls Assn.
He joined the N.Y. Stock Exchange in 1925 and remained a member until 1963. He joined the Henry G. Lapham brokerage firm in 1928. For many years he was senior partner of Reimer and Co. (until he retired). He remained in the investment field as chairman of the board of Brady, Gurvin & Co. from 1966 into the 1970s.
His first wife, Ursula Squier, died in 1968. They had a daughter and a son.
He is survived by second wife Ottora Maria Douglas, daughter Ursula Van Anda, son John Squier, five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Otto is respectfully remembered with warmth and respect by his classmates for his many activities at Princeton and for a very successful and socially supportive life thereafter.
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