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John Hardy Lewis, Jr., ’90, died on June 16, 2022. He was eighty-five years of age and remained actively en- gaged in the practice of law. John attended Princeton University, graduating in 1958 with a degree in Politics. A member of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, John spent the summer of 1957 in Europe researching his senior thesis, during which he met Mary Ann Spurgeon, who was celebrating her high school graduation. John and Mary Ann became engaged in 1959 while he was attending Harvard Law School and she Wellesley College; they were wed in 1960. Follow- ing graduation from Harvard Law School in 1961, John enlisted in the United States Air Force and served as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer stationed at Do- ver Air Force Base, where he also clerked for the Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. Following his active duty, John and Mary Ann moved to Philadelphia for practice. Summer family vacations were typically at the C Lazy U Ranch where John reveled in fishing and playing tennis and did his utmost to avoid horseback riding. Winter holidays were typically in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Whether the litigation was asbestos, investor fraud, or concussion, John sought to educate himself and others—a process that gave him tremendous profession- al vitality, impact, and success. John devoted countless hours of pro bono work. Mary Ann predeceased John in 2013. He is survived by two children, three grandchil- dren and a great-grandchild. Ralph Astor Lombardi, ’89, passed on December 20, 2022 at the age of seventy-seven. Ralph attended UC Berkeley for undergrad and law school, graduating in 1970. He began practice in 1972 after two years as a U.S. Air Force officer. Ralph’s emphasis was product li- ability, insurance coverage and bad faith, personal and catastrophic injury, and medical and legal malpractice. Prior to his retirement in 2018, Ralph tried to verdict or judgment more than one hundred cases; and upon retire- ment, he became a mediator, helping more than 200 sets of combatants resolve their differences. U.S. District Judge John McBryde, ’89, died on Christ- mas Day 2022 from natural causes at the age of ninety-one. Judge Mc- Bryde was appointed to the bench in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush; he assumed senior status in October 2018 and continued work- ing as a senior district judge until his death. He served the court with distinction, carry- ing a weighted caseload higher than the national average throughout his tenure as an active judge. Judge McBryde was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from TCU in 1953 and earned a law degree from the University of Texas in 1956. In 1989, a U.S. attorney who had been among the can- didates for the seat he would take described McBryde as the “hardest-working attorney I have had the privilege of knowing.” Judge McBryde was a workaholic who got his first job at the age of seven, delivering shoes on his bicycle for a neighborhood cobbler. Judge McBryde was tough. He would force lawyers to talk in simple sentences and not repeat themselves, and he would silence them when they went on too long. He once fined a lawyer $300 for arriving twelve minutes late for a hearing. He sent a lawyer to remedial reading class after the lawyer mis- interpreted one of his written orders. But as one friend recalled, “When you were a friend of John’s, you were a friend for life.” Judge McBryde is survived by his wife of sixty-eight years, Betty, and three adult children. Edward Brian MacMahon Jr., ’14, was only sixty-two when he passed on March 12, 2023. Ed was born in a taxi somewhere between Annandale, Virginia and Columbia Hospital for Women in Washington, DC. His birth in transit was a fitting start for a man who could never sit idle for long. A graduate of the University of Virginia, and Tulane Law School, Ed became a widely respected criminal defense attorney who represented a number of high-profile clients, including the man known as the twentieth hijacker in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Ed was a walk-on member of the UVA lacrosse team and carried a love of the sport into adulthood, playing on teams in- cluding the Galloping Ghosts and the Geezers. Finally giving it up in his forties – too many hot pads required after game day – he committed to golf and was a scratch golfer. Ed cherished his Irish heritage and his children grew accustomed to learning Gaelic in the car to and from school or practice. Ed was happiest exploring and golfing in County Kerry. Ed loved music – most especial- ly the Grateful Dead and reggae – and spent many happy nights at his cabin in Virginia playing guitar and singing with family and friends. Ed is survived by his partner of many years, Stephanie Salvatori, and by three children. 99 JOURNAL