Edgar George Brisach ’35

Ed died from a rare brain disorder on May 5, 1997, at Crestwood Manor, a retirement community in Whiting, N.J., where he had lived for several years.

Born in NYC, Ed came to Princeton from Mercersburg Academy, roomed with Vic Henkel and Jim Robertson, and majored in English. Ed studied law at Columbia and became an attorney in private practice, principally in trusts and estates. He was the organizer and charter president of the Protestant Lawyers' Association of Nassau County.

During WWII, Ed was chief of the legal branch of the army engineers in Albuquerque, returning to private life in 1946 with the rank of major. As a suburbanite living in Garden City, he belonged to Rotary, worked with the Salvation Army, and was an elder in the local Presbyterian church. He still had time for his hobbies of golf and woodworking.

His first wife, Janet, whom he married in 1942, died in 1965, leaving a daughter, Susan, and a son, James. In 1966 Ed married Virginia Vandewater, who brought two children, Susan (II) and David, to the household. At the time Ed died, there were eight grandchildren and four great-grands. Ed was a loyal supporter of Princeton, and we send our most sincere sympathy to Gena and the family.

The Class of 1935