Milton “Con” Schmidt Jr. ’71

Milton “Con” Schmidt Jr. ’71, of Medfield, Mass.; May 10. At Brown he was a star hockey player. After Brown, he continued playing in the semi-professional league for two years with the Dayton Gems in Ohio and one year with the Oklahoma City Blazers in Oklahoma. Following his playing days, he went on to coach hockey for two years as the assistant coach at West Point in New York, two years at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and one year at Princeton University in New Jersey. After marrying and settling in Medfield in 1979, he became the assistant athletic director at Babson College for two years. He later was an independent sales representative for O’Brien and Johnson in Braintree, Mass. (representing Balfour), and then spent the next 35 years in the yearbook industry representing Taylor Publishing Company of Dallas, covering Massachusetts until his retirement in 2017. He is survived by his wife, Marguerite, two daughters; a sister and brother-in-law; and many nieces and nephews.