Arthur Will “Bill” Bertsch Jr. ’61

Arthur Will “Bill” Bertsch Jr. ’61, of Boca Grande, Fla., formerly of Oyster Bay, N.Y.; Sept. 15, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He had a long and successful career as a trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, working at G.A. Saxton & Co., G.H. Walker Laird & Co., and Kuhn Loeb & Co. In 1977, he founded A.W. Bertsch, Inc. which grew to be a large independent brokerage firm before being sold to Bear Stearns in 2000. He is survived by three children, including daughter Hilary ’88; seven grandchildren, and a sister.