Edward S. "Ted" Corwin

CORWIN, Edward S. "Ted," 85, died April 6, 2008. A native of New Jersey, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Lafayette College and also a graduate of Columbia Law School. He served in the Army Air Corps in the European Theater in World War II, and was an attorney and a certified public accountant in New Jersey. He came to Tampa in 1972 as administrator of the Carlton Fields law firm, from which he retired in 1990. He served as co-chair, and then as president, of the Gasparilla Sidewalk Art Festival. He also was on the Hillsborough County Public Art Committee, where he served seven years as chairman, and on the county library board. He was on the original board, and served as president of the University of South Florida Learning in Retirement program, and conducted a number of classes in that program. He was on the board of the Hillsborough Head Start Community Foundation. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Patricia; his son, Thomas, with the U.S. Department of Education, and his spouse, Carol, of Bethesda, Md.; his son Lawrence, a diplomat with the U.S. State Department; his daughter, Elizabeth, also a diplomat with the U.S. State Department, and her spouse, Anastasios; his granddaughter, Sarah, of Bethesda, Md.; his stepgranddaughter, Sophia, of Athens, Greece; and his sister, Nancy Harris, and her spouse, Leonard, of Convent Station, N.J. A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Congregation Schaarai Zedek. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a contribution to the Florida Orchestra, Bay Area Legal Services, Hillsborough County Head Start or the charity of your choice. An online guestbook is available at segalfuneralhome.com