ED KAUFMANN

KAUFMANN--Ed, of Rye, NY, passed away on December 26, 2012. The cause of death was respiratory failure. Mr. Kaufmann was born on May 17, 1938, in Davenport, Iowa. He attended Davenport High School, where he was an All State Football Champion. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University, Class of 1960, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. After NROTC at Cornell, he served three years in the US Navy as a navigator on a troop transport ship. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1966. Ed started his law career at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, where he became a partner in 1974 and later became head of the Corporate Department. He retired in 2001. Mr. Kaufmann is survived by his wife, Ruth Morgan Kaufmann, his daughters, Anna Horner (Jonathan), Laurie Willard (Baron), three grandchildren, his brother, Jack Kaufmann (Betsy), his sister, Grace Kaufmann, his brother in law, Robert E. Morgan (Ceci), and his nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at Christ's Church in Rye, NY. There will be a reception following the service at American Yacht Club. Contributions in his memory may be made to The Friends of Alta in Alta, Utah.