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AMBLER--Michael Nash. Michael Nash Ambler of New York City and Quogue, New York, died on September 6, 2025 of complications following a fall earlier this summer. Mr. Ambler was born on August 25, 1936 to Eleanor Nash and Wistar Ambler. He was educated at Trinity School in New York, Philips Exeter Academy, and Princeton University, after which he earned a law degree from Columbia University. In 1961 he married Marsha Dancy, with whom he had two sons, Michael and Christian. He began his career as a lawyer at Sullivan and Cromwell, which he left in order to join the tax law department at Mobil Corporation, rising to the level of Senior Tax Counsel. He concluded his career at Texaco, where he served as General Tax Counsel. Mr. Ambler was a member of the Union Club in New York, and the Quogue Beach Club and Quogue Field Club in Quogue, as well as the Thursday Evening Club and the Pilgrims. He was an active member of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in New York, and the Church of the Atonement in Quogue where he served as Convener for many years. He served two terms as Chairman of the Board of the former College of New Rochelle from which he received an honorary doctorate. He also led the board of the Young Concert Artists, where he delighted in helping to launch the careers of promising young musicians. He relished life in New York and all it had to offer: he was (in)famous for striding down Lexington Avenue with his nose buried in the Wall Street Journal, and loved putting on evening dress and going to the opera. He was courteous and formal and had the rock- solid integrity of a former age. He was also warm and funny and infinitely generous to everyone in his orbit. Mr. Ambler is survived by his loving wife Marsha, his two sons and two daughters-in-law, five grandchildren and one brand new great-grand- daughter. Funeral at the Church of the Atonement in Quogue, 2pm on Saturday, September 13, 2025.

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Published by New York Times on Sep. 10, 2025.

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September 13, 2025

We so enjoyed knowing Michael and Marsha through the American Friends of the Georgian Group, for which they hosted many receptions and salons in their lovely apartment.

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September 11, 2025

We will greatly miss this good man and good friend.
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