Deceased September 8, 2014
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50th Reunion Book Entry
In Memory
Irv Deutsch died on Sept. 8 after a protracted and complicated illness. He came to Amherst from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School, majored in history and political science and joined Delta Upsilon. The first evening of freshman year, he led several of us to Barselotti’s for our first Amherst beers, but he became a serious member of the community. He served as president of the Debate Council and Delta Sigma Rho, was in the philosophy and pre-law clubs and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He worked on WAMF and the Student and chaired the American Studies Convention. During our undergraduate years, he also spent time studying at the University of Paris and proudly spoke fluent French.
From Amherst, he proceeded to Columbia Law, graduating in 1957. He went on to a distinguished career in the public and private sectors which included being a legal assistant to Sen. Herbert Lehman (Williams 1898), an SEC attorney and assistant counsel to the comptroller of the currency. He was then a partner in Upham, Meeker, & Wellhorn in New York City from 1962 to 1976, followed by a stint in private practice. He was a member of a number of legal associations and a frequent contributor to professional journals.
Among his memberships, he belonged to the Metropolitan Club and the Palm Beach (Fla.) Civic Association, where the Deutsches had a second residence.
Irv is survived only by his beloved wife, Ingrid F. Deutsch, whom he married in 1968. She requests any contributions in his memory to be sent to the college which he loved very much.
Hank Tulgan ’54
