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Sept. 13, 2002
William
Walsh died in New York on Sept. 13,
after a brief illness, at 72.
During his career, Mr. Walsh had
served in the law department of the
New York State Supreme Court, Nassau
County, for more than 30 years, retiring
in November 2000 as a principal court
attorney. Previously, he had been
associated with the law firms of
Townley Updike in New York City and
Bennett, Kaye & Scholey, in Rockville
Centre, N.Y.
Active in many civic, religious
and professional organizations, he
had served as a member of the Regis
High School Alumni Association Executive
Council in New York City and past
president of the Catholic Lawyers
Guild of the Diocese of Rockville
Centre.
Mr. Walsh had been a charter member
and past president of the Holy Cross
Club of Long Island, N.Y., a former
president of the Holy Cross General
Alumni Association, and a Holy Cross
class agent; in 1992, he was awarded
the In Hoc Signo Award.
A Navy veteran, Mr. Walsh served
on active duty from 1952 to 1954
and, again, during the Berlin crisis,
from 1961 to 1962, attaining the
rank of lieutenant.
Mr. Walsh is survived by his wife,
Dorothy; three daughters, including
Maribeth ’83 and Nora Walsh
Loughnane ’85; son-in-law, John
G. Loughnane ’87 ; and seven
grandchildren.
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