Standish Forde Medina ’37

Stan died on Sept. 27, 2001, from a cerebral aneurysm he suffered after visiting his closed office near the World Trade Center. He was 86.

A member of Quadrangle Club and Phi Beta Kappa, Stan was the intercollegiate pole vault champion in both 1936 and 1937, and his Princeton record of 13 ft., 10 1/4 in. stood for 24 years, long after fiberglass poles superseded the rigid bamboo poles. His list of Princeton volunteer activities (including class secretary, president, treasurer, reunion chair, and Alumni Council) encompasses two single-spaced pages.

On the Law Review at Columbia like his father, Judge Harold R. Medina '09, and his brother, Harold Jr. '34, before him, Stan was a trust and estates lawyer. Admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey, he was a joint partner in the NYC firm of Medina & Miller, and, after 1972, a sole practitioner until his death.

Married for 57 years to the late Hope Kiesewetter, Stan lived in Morristown, N.J., and Westhampton, N.Y. Predeceased by his oldest son, Standish "Forde" Medina Jr. '62, he is survived by his son, Jeremy '64, his daughter, Meredith Murray, seven grandchildren (including Tray Medina Evarts '90), and five great-grandchildren.

The Class of 1937