DAVID SIMPSON

1938 - 2022

SIMPSON--David Baruch, was born on October 12, 1938 to Selma (Randell) and Leonard Simpson in New York City. He attended Hunter Elementary School and Music and Art High School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University in 1960, where he majored in English. He was an active member of the Cornell Daily Sun and the Sphinx Head Society. David went on to graduate from Columbia Law School in 1963, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and he completed his service commitment as a JAG reserve officer. He married Nancy Mae Stein in June 1964. They lived in New York City before moving to Tenafly, New Jersey where they would raise three children, Laura, Catherine, and Gideon, and where he would continue to live for the rest of his life. David practiced commercial and residential real estate law for over 50 years in both New York and New Jersey. David was a true intellectual, and had a rare love for inquiry. He read and absorbed astonishing amounts and published multiple law review articles in national journals. He was also deeply interested in people and was a tremendous conversationalist. David was a passionate numismatist for much of his life, collecting coins and medallic art. He was a Fellow of the American Numismatic Society, serving on its Council for several years, and was actively involved with the New York Numismatic Club, serving as President from 2002-2004, and later on its Board of Directors. He loved food, often reminiscing about one meal or another he had enjoyed decades before and frequently referenced the infamous Nesselrode pie of his youth. He could tell you what restaurants, bookstores, and other establishments had once been on just about every block of Manhattan. Most importantly, he was interested in and supported whatever his children and grandchildren were doing, whether it was riding horses, studying math, or fencing. He adored more than anything his three grandchildren, Sam, Michael, and Rachel Bueker, all of whom found him funny, brilliant and always a bit outrageous. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, of 58 years; his three children, Laura Simpson of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Catherine Simpson Bueker and John Bueker of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Gideon Simpson and Amy Kwasnicki of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his three grandchildren Sam, Michael, and Rachel Bueker; his brother Victor Simpson of Rome, Italy; and his dearest friend of 52 years, Susan Jess.