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Samuel S. Lionel, ’83, was one hundred and three at his death on December 23, 2022. Sam was born on April 7, 1919 in the Bronx. His father owned retail clothing stores in the Bronx and Manhattan but Sam was more interested in the law. He graduated from St. John’s Univer- sity and later received honorary doctorate of law degrees from St. John’s, UNLV, and California Western School of Law. Sam retired as a Lieutenant Colonel and JAG officer in the Army. During World War II he was stationed in North Africa and Italy. He taught at West Point for his last three years of active duty and was also stationed at the Pentagon for three years while working as a JAG officer. In 1953, Sam moved to Las Vegas, NV to practice law and in 1967 founded a law firm with former Governor of Ne- vada Grant Sawyer as his partner. Over the years, the firm represented the majority of the Las Vegas hotel owners and other notable figures, including Howard Hughes, Del Webb and Kirk Kerkorian. Sam was known as the Dean of the Nevada Bar. He was an avid tennis player and golfer who had five holes-in-one in his lifetime. Sam outlived two wives, Fritzy and Pat. He was survived by his wife Lexy Lionel, a daughter, and innumerable grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
William Frederick Martson, ’88, age eighty-nine, passed away on January 25, 2016. Bill attended Drew University, Princeton University, Dickinson College and graduated from Dickinson School of Law, Class of 1949. Bill was Assistant District Attorney of Cumberland County Penn- sylvania from 1952 to 1956 and Carlisle Borough Solicitor from 1960 to 1986. Bill was a veteran of World War II, serving as an officer in the United States Navy. He was an avid Washington Redskins fan. Bill was Commodore in 2000 of the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club where he and his First Mate, his wife of seventy years, Jeanne, boated. Bill was survived by Jeanne, two sons, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
James “Jim” Walter McDonnell, ’82, passed peacefully on January 25, 2024 at the age of ninety-nine. Jim attend- ed Vanderbilt University for two semesters until he was old enough to enlist in the Naval V-12 Officer Training pro- gram. He served as an officer on a destroyer in the Pacific during World War II, then continued his college educa- tion through the G.I. Bill, completing his undergraduate degree at Yale University in 1948 and his law degree at
Yale Law School in 1951. He was recalled to the Navy for
the Korean War. He ended his naval career and returned to Memphis where he practiced law for the rest of his career. Jim met Katherine “K.O.” Overton in 1943, and they were married in 1945. The two were happily married for fifty years until her death in 1995. Jim was seventy when he married Ann “Missie” Walthour Pidgeon in 1996; the two shared a rich twenty-seven years, traveling, fishing from Ar- kansas to South America, and spending their summers in Charlevoix and Thanksgiving in Bolivar. Jim is survived by Missie, his six children and stepchildren, twelve grandchil- dren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Robert P. McDonough,’87, passed away on November 27, 2020 at the age of ninety-two. Bob received his undergrad- uate and law degrees from Seton Hall University. He retired thirty years ago to enjoy time with his family and diverse activities including photography and biking. Bob married Joan Rooney in 1953 and they had seven children. Bob is survived by Joan, six of their children, and seventeen grand- children.
Fred Henry Moody, Jr., ’91, died on September 12, 2023 at age seventy-five. Fred graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina School of Law. He practiced in Bryson City and served as councilor and later as president of the North Car- olina State Bar. Fred loved boating, fishing, and hunting, always with family and friends. He is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Ruth Anne Williams Moody, his two children and a granddaughter.
Marvin David Morgenstein, ’77, died peacefully at home on December 30, 2023 eight days short of his ninety-third birthday. Marvin was born and raised in Chicago. Marvin graduated from Northwestern University in 1952 and from Stanford Law School in 1955. He worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco from 1955-1960 before be- ginning a long and successful private commercial practice
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