Rem Van Aiken Myers ’37

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Rem Van Aiken Myers died Feb. 12, 2008. He was living at the time in Southbury, Conn.

He was born in East Orange, N.J., and attended Carteret Academy, where he was a member of the student council, was on the tennis and hockey teams, and played in the orchestra. At Princeton he majored in mechanical engineering and was a member of the Tigers Orchestra. At the end of his sophomore year he left Princeton to attend Brooklyn Law School. For five years he practiced law in New York City and then moved to Huntington, N.Y., in 1946, where his law office was five minutes away from his home.

Rem had been active in the New York State Guard, Lloyd Haven Bath Club, and the New York City Young Republican Club.

He married Marion Parker, sister of Ritchie Parker. They had two sons and two daughters. Marion died in 2005. Rem is survived by his children as well as 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The class sends its loving sympathy to Rem’s family and friends.

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