Burton H. Priest ’53

Burton H. Priest ’53, of Narragansett, R.I., formerly of Providence; June 18. A certified public accountant, in 1963 he founded Priest, Kortick, Demerchant & Brough, which has now merged into DiSanto, Priest, & Company. He was a veteran of the Korean War and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts and of the Rhode Island Society of CPAs, where for several years he served on  an ethics committee. He also served on many committees for Temple Emanu-El, and on the board of directors of the former Attleboro Pawtucket Savings Bank. He is survived by a daughter and son and their spouses, three grandchildren, and a brother and sister-in-law.