Thomas Ryder Remington ’49

Tom died on Mar. 16, 2000, of bone cancer. He was 73.

He prepared for Princeton at Hotchkiss and served in the Marine Corps from 1945-46 and again from 1951-53. At Princeton he majored in the Woodrow Wilson School and was a member of Cap and Gown Club and Orange Key. He later graduated from Harvard Law School.

Tom's early work life was as vice president and general counsel at General Steel Industries. He moved to St. Louis in 1964 and joined Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. and served as the chairman from 1983 until he retired in 1994. He was active in his community as president of the Ladue City Council and served on the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. After a stroke, he and his wife, Frances, spent their winters in Florida.

He is survived by Frances and four daughters, Elizabeth R. McKay, Virginia R. Walsh, Georgia R. Martin, and Sarah R. Gerding. The class extends its deepest sympathy to all of them on the loss of this capable and caring man.

The Class of 1949