Albert E. Easton ’60

Albert E. Easton ’60, of Slingerlands, N.Y.; Feb. 2, from prostate cancer. He began an actuarial career in 1960 and in 1966 became a fellow of the Society of Actuaries. In 1969, he accepted a position as actuary at the Berkshire Life Insurance Company in Pittsfield, Mass., and rose to vice president. He was a deacon and choir member at South Congregational Church, where he also helped lead the youth fellowship groups. He was a 50-year member of the Monday Evening Club and volunteered with the Salvation Army, the Girl Scouts, and Rotary International. He served as president of the United Way of Pittsfield from 1979 to 1981, and was awarded the Robert K. Agar J. Volunteerism Award. He sang tenor in the Berkshire Concert Choir. In 1986, he and his family moved to Chicago and he became the director of examinations for the Society of Actuaries. He later led the Albany office of Milliman & Robertson and settled in Slingerlands. There he was involved in Rotary International, serving a term as president of the Albany chapter. He sang with the Mendelssohn Club, and he joined the First Presbyterian Church, where he served as treasurer, deacon, and choir member until 2022. With the Rotary, he traveled to Honduras and helped build houses and wells. He also coauthored two editions of Actuarial Aspects of Individual Life Insurance and Annuity Contracts and taught a class on the text to actuaries in Romania. He retired in 2002 from Milliman & Robertson. He is survived by two daughters, including Nancy Easton ’86; two sons-in-law; a son and daughter-in-law; a grandson; a sister and brother-in-law; brother Nicholas ’72; and a sister-in-law.