Sharon Clay Risk ’43

SHARON DIED in Manhattan Apr. 17, 1991, of a heart attack, suffered while en route to a planning meeting for our 50th reunion. George Small was with him at the time. Sharon was 71 years old, and lived in Chevy Chase, Md.

A native of Chicago, Sharon graduated from Princeton magna cum laude. Following Army Air Force service in WWII in the ChinaBurmaIndia Theater, from which he emerged with the rank of lieutenant, Sharon entered Yale Law School. Until 1957 he was associated with the Manhattan firm of Shearman and Sterling. He then joined the Securities and Exchange Commission, ultimately rising to the post of associate director of corporate finance.

In 1967, Sharon became affiliated with the Washington brokerage firm of Johnston, Lemon and Company, from which he retired in 1989.

He is survived by his widow, the former Louise G. Brown; twin daughters, Nancy Rollins '74 and Barbara de Boinville'74; a son, Clay'78; and five grandchildren. To all the family, we offer our deepest and most heartfelt condolences.

The Class of 1943