David Edward Springer

David Edward Springer, Washington attorney and businessman, passed away on August 27, 2025, at his home in Washington, DC, after a long fight with cancer. He was 72 years old.
David was born in Anniston, Alabama, on June 30, 1953, to Theresa Goodwyn Springer and the late Dr. Donald Aaron Springer. He graduated from Duke University, magna cum laude in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in history and politics. He received a Juris Doctor in 1979 from the Washington College of Law at The American University and began his career on Capitol Hill, working for various Members of Congress.
David went into private law practice in the early 1990's. The first American to represent the government of India in Washington, his passion for the people and culture of India shaped the rest of his career. Over the next 30 years, he became noted as a policy advisor and entrepreneur focused primarily on India.
David was a member of the Metropolitan Club in Washington, where he served on the wine committee; Washington Golf and Country Club in Arlington, VA; the Virginia chapter of the Society of the Cincinnati; and the Sons of Colonial Wars Society.
David is survived by his wife of 46 years, Patricia Anne Cole; two sons, Agee Goodwyn Springer and wife BriAnna Tudor Springer, and Chapman Lawrimore Cole Springer; grandsons Samuel Aaron Springer and Robert Cole Springer of Austin; his mother, Theresa Goodwyn Springer; his siblings, Donald Goodwyn Springer and Barbara Springer Schuler; and many nieces and nephews as well as grandnieces and nephews.
A service will be held on Friday, September 19, at 1 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, DC, and livestreamed from the St. John's website. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in David's memory to the following charities: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital; St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, Washington, DC; SOS Children's Villages India.