Deceased September 23, 2019
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Sanford Vint VanDerzee Jr. of Cincinnati died Sept. 23 at age 82 after a six-year struggle with COPD.
Vint, who pledged Chi Psi, considered his years at Amherst “as two of the most significant and challenging of my life.” However, he left to complete his military obligation, acquire a B.B.A. and pursue a business career.
After serving two years as an electronics and gunnery specialist aboard the destroyer USS Hazelwood, Vint completed his bachelor’s degree in business administration at Clarkson College in Potsdam, N.Y.
Vint married and had two children. In our 50th reunion class book, he wrote, “After Wife #1 and I parted company in 1969, I found the love of my life a year later.” In 1971, Vint married Hermine Corinne Meissner, a teacher who had graduated from Ohio State. He adopted Hermine’s two daughters, and they collaborated on a third daughter in 1974.
Most of Vint’s business career was spent in the metals industry. Before founding his own metal sales agency in 2004, Vint spent 19 years in metal sales with Ryerson Steel and eight with General Extrusions.
Vint led an active life. In his 30s and 40s, he played hockey weekly with a group of similarly aged men and enjoyed boating, fishing and camping as well as photography, gardening and genealogy. He and Hermine traveled extensively throughout the eastern United States and enjoyed visiting relatives in Germany.
Vint loved organizing and meeting people. He was active in his church and remained involved in a neighborhood civic association he helped found in the early 2000s.
In addition to Hermine, his wife of 48 years, Vint is survived by five children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Vint donated his body to University of Cincinnati Medical School to be used for medical research.
Ned Megargee ’58