Samuel C. Myer ’43

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Sam Myer died Dec. 22, 2013, in Madison, Wisc.

He was born in California and spent his younger years there and in Maine. Sam prepared for Princeton at St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H. As an undergraduate he majored in history and was a member of Cloister Inn.

Following graduation, Sam went into the Army and served as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. In 1946, Sam married Josefa Whitman in Bedford, N.Y.

After obtaining his MBA from New York University in 1949, he worked as a certified financial analyst for many premier investment- banking companies and savings banks.

Sam is survived by Josefa, daughters Georgia, Ginny, and Jody, and four grandchildren.

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