PETER CONLIN

CONLIN--Peter, of Chatham Township, NJ, died February 1, 2011 at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Born in Orange, he grew up in South Orange, lived with his family in Summit and moved to Chatham 30 years ago. He was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1949. Mr. Conlin was a graduate of MIT class of 1953 and earned his B.S. in Business and Engineering. He served as Treasurer for his Theta Chi fraternity and was on the swim, baseball team and was a member of the MIT Varsity lacrosse team. During summer breaks, Mr. Conlin reported for AFROTC camp and worked at the Hollinger Gold Mine in in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. After college, Mr. Conlin served as a USAF pilot with the 1739th Ferrying Squadron (MATS) from 1953 to 1956. He was a 2nd Lieutenant stationed out of Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas. He was proud of his service and enjoyed attending many pilot and veteran reunions over the years. Mr. Conlin worked for several Wall Street firms as an institutional salesman - starting his career at Bache & Co. in the late 1950s. He earned his New Jersey CPA license and later practiced accounting and managed individual investment accounts. He spent the last 15 years of his career trading his accounts at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg. He was still actively trading and managing investment accounts until shortly before his death. He was a former member of Baltusrol Golf Club, Morris County Golf Club, the Pinehurst Country Club, The Bond Club of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Society of CPA's. Mr. Conlin was a 4 handicap golfer in his prime and a member of the Baltusrol Hole in One Club - scoring a hole-in-one on the third hole of the Upper Course on May 17, 1969. In his later years, Mr. Conlin was an avid walker until shortly before his death. His daily walks around Chatham and the Hickory Tree Mall made him a local fixture and he enjoyed striking up conversations with merchants, managers, shoppers and townspeople. He was the father of the late Kitty Lobo, and is survived by his daughters, Patricia Conlin Leitz of New Providence and Bay Head, NJ, and Molly Tucker and her husband Lin of Charlotte, NC, and his grandchildren, Charlie, Barbara and Martha, and his brother James A. Conlin of Morristown, NJ. Peter was predeceased by his brothers Frank W. Conlin, Jr., and brother Thomas A. Conlin, Sr. Visiting will be on Friday, February 11, 2011 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm at Burroughs, Kohr & Dangler Funeral Home, 309 Springfield Ave, Summit, NJ. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 9.30 am at St. Teresa Church, 306 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ. He will be buried at the New Jersey Veterans cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his memory be made to Chatham Emergency Squad 45 Spring Street, Chatham, NJ 07928, whose service, Peter remarked, was "first class." Enough said, God bless.