William Hagendorn ’45

Bill was born in Kew Gardens, N.Y. He came to us from Poly Prep. At Princeton he was in Whig-Clio, WPRU, and the band. He majored in SPIA and graduated cum laude. He then earned a law degree from Harvard.

In World War II he was an instructor in the Army Infantry School. He rose to partner at Burlingham Underwood, an admiralty firm, where he practiced corporate and financial law for banks, ship and yacht owners, international traders, and insurance companies. He was also an arbitrator for the New York Stock Exchange and in civil court, and taught banking law at Rutgers Law School.

His wife, Pat, was medical director of Chase Manhattan Bank. Bill became general counsel of American Express, and later joined Shearman & Sterling to practice mainly on behalf of Citibank and Burlingham Underwood, where he served as partner and then special counsel.

Pat passed away in 2014. Bill died April 24, 2018. He is survived by his two daughters, Katherine Maloy and Patricia Cohen; and four grandchildren, Margaret, Lily, Thomas, and Aiden.