Bertram Wolfson ’52

Bertram Wolfson ’52, of Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Jun. 24, from renal failure. While at Brown, he met his wife, Lorle Patzau ’55, who predeceased him. After Brown, he graduated from Harvard Law School, was married and joined the Army stationed in Germany. Upon discharge, he and his wife settled in Pennsylvania and he began working at the law firm of Raspin Espenshade Hines and Erskine. He later left the firm with Robert Erskine and the two opened Erskine & Wolfson, which later became Erskine, Wolfson & Gibbon. He practiced law until age 90, saying “No one wants the advice of a 90-year-old.” He had been active in the Main Line Unitarian Church and served on nonprofit boards. He was a founding president of Resources for Human Development in 1970 and served in that position for three decades. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, a son and daughter-in-law, and five granddaughters.