Former Trustee Dan Golden ’34 dies

Former Trustee Dan Golden ‘34 dies Former Lafayette Trustee Daniel L. Golden ‘34 died Jan. 11 at the age of 90 in Red Bank, N.J. Golden served on the Board of Trustees for five years. He was one of the first recipients of the George Washington Kidd Award for Career Distinction. Lafayette honored Golden with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1993. During his lifetime he established the Daniel L. ‘34 and Evelyn Golden Scholarship for students majoring in government and law, and the Daniel L. Golden ‘34 Lecture Fund for the department of government and law to bring outside speakers to campus. After graduating with a major in government and law, Golden taught for almost ten years in the South River, N.J. public school system before receiving his law degree from RutgersUniversityLawSchool. He established his own law firm in South River, where he practiced for over 50 years. He continued to advise, instruct, and mentor young attorneys and others throughout his lifetime. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Corps. In his professional career, Golden was president of the Middlesex County Bar Association, president of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and chairman of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. The Trial Attorneys of New Jersey created the Daniel L. Golden Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize exemplary service and dedication to the profession. Golden was the first recipient of this award. From 1960 to 1975, under the aegis of the U.S. Department of State, he traveled frequently throughout the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries as a representative of the World Peace Through Law Conference.While a student at Lafayette, Golden took leadership roles in activities ranging from the Kirby Government and Law Society to cheerleading. He especially enjoyed being a member of the debate team, of which he was a captain during his senior year. Other activities included international relations club, instrumental club, glee club, band, freshman track manager, class social committees, and delegate to the Model Assembly of the League of Nations. He was a member of Towers fraternity. Golden is survived by his wife, Alice (Eugenia) Golden; son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Joan Golden; daughter and son-in-law, Leslie and Herschel Burstyn; three stepchildren; four granddaughters; and two great-grandsons. His first wife, Evelyn Shayevitz, died in 1981. In a letter written in 1980 to the Board of Trustees at the end of his term of service on the board, Golden wrote, ‘Lafayette College, at all times, has had a profound influence upon me and upon those who are dear to me. Its influence continues to this very day. Accordingly, I sense a pleasant obligation coupled with genuine desire to serve others, especially so at Lafayette.’