William Robert Alley Jr. ’49

IN OUR 25TH Year Book, Bill Alley said his goal was to continue “to live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend to man." He meant it. His legal career was spent working with and helping the unfortunate. He was an administrative law judge with the N.Y.S. Department of Labor in Syracuse when he died of a massive coronary on Nov. 1, 1989, at the age of 61.

Born in Brooklyn on July 31, 1928, Bill prepared for college at the Hackley School. At Princeton he majored in economics, graduating cum laude. He was a member of Elm Club, and played intramural and interclub football, basketball and baseball. He was assistant editor of the DAILY PRINCETONIAN, a member of the Princeton Pre-Law Society and of the Princeton Flying Club.

Following Princeton, Bill graduated from Columbia Law School in 1952. He began his practice in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and was an attorney for 35 years, serving during his legal career with the Westchester County attorney's office and district attorney's office. He also served as counsel for the Village of Dobbs Ferry and as acting city judge for Elmira. Bill served for seven years in the New York National Guard and then transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve for five more, attaining the rank of captain. Bill married Cynthia Corinne Duncan in 1956 and they have two children. He became a judge with the N.Y.S. Department of Labor in 1979 and most recently lived in Liverpool, N.Y.

Bill is survived by his wife, Cynthia, a daughter, Cynthia Sanders of Baldwinsville, N.Y., a son, William R. III, of Liverpool, and three grandchildren. To all of Bill's family we extend our deepest sympathies at the loss of this kind and compassionate man.