Earl M. Bucci ’48

Earl M. Bucci ’48, of Schenectady, N.Y.; Oct. 10, after a brief illness. An Eagle Scout, he was scoutmaster of Troop 523 in Manhattan for three years and worked at the New York Times before entering law school. He maintained his own law offices as a practicing attorney for more than 50 years. He served as associate counsel to the president pro tempore of the New York Senate and routinely volunteered his talents as chair of the committee for the administration and distribution of decedents’ estates for the American Bar Association, as a member of the executive committee of the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association, as president of the Estate Planning Council of Eastern New York, and, by appointment of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, on the Committee on Character and Fitness. He was committed to civic engagement, serving as president of the boards of Schenectady’s Symphony Orchestra Association and its Senior Citizens Center, and as president of the Brown University Club of northeastern New York. He was an honorary life member of The Nature Conservancy for his gift of 100 acres in Adirondack Park and a member of Beta Theta Pi. He is survived by his son Michael ’78, two daughters and six grandchildren.