Paul C. Pickert ’48

Paul died in his sleep Dec. 19, 2015, in Mountain View, Calif., at 88.

His hometown was Batavia, N.Y. Paul came to Princeton as part of the Navy V-12 program, belonged to Campus Club, and graduated in 1947 with a degree in economics, and then went to law school at SUNY Buffalo.

He and Katherine (Wright) moved to California and settled in Los Altos soon after they had married on Valentine’s Day 1953. In the Palo Alto-San Mateo area, he had a career-long practice in real estate and business law, had been admitted to practice law at the U.S. Supreme Court, and held directorships in many local businesses. He was president of the Palo Alto University Cub, was active in a local Elks Club, coached his daughter Mary’s soccer team, and volunteered in the local senior center and VA hospital.

Paul’s wife, Katy, and son, Greg, predeceased him. He is survived by his daughter, Mary; his daughter-in-law, Beth Price; his brother, Aloysius; and four Pickert grandsons.