Gilbert Peirce ’62

Gilbert Peirce ’62, of Vero Beach, Fla.; Sept. 8. He worked briefly for the State Department before entering a 31-year career as an international banker, almost all of it with Bank of Boston. His work was mostly overseas, taking his family to Brazil, England, and Spain. In 1999, he retired to Vero Beach and pursued a lifelong dream of becoming a teacher at St. Edward’s School, from which he retired in 2003. He was a deacon at both Community Church in Vero Beach and Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland, Mass. He also served on the boards of Scripture Union, the Cleveland Foundation, and Project Impact. He is survived by his wife, Erika; a daughter; two sons, including Jay ’90; and nine grandchildren.