Zdenka Seiner Griswold ’78

Zdenka Seiner Griswold ’78, of Portland, Me.; Apr. 27, of endometrial cancer. Upon earning her JD from Fordham, where she was editor-in-chief of the International Law Journal, she became a derivatives lawyer at the New York law firm of Hughes Hubbard and Reed, and later at Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers. In 2007, she and her husband quit their jobs and moved to Portland. From 2009 to 2016 they sailed around the world on their 42-foot Valiant sailboat and explored more than 40 countries. She was an active member of both the Cruising Club of America and the Ocean Cruising Club and was editor of Voyages, the CCA club magazine from 2017 to 2021. She was awarded the Vilas Literary Prize, the Circumnavigation Award, and the Commodore’s Award.