David Stuart Atlas ME’68

David Stuart Atlas ME'68 passed away on April 28, 2022. His ex-wife Brenda Milchman Atlas A'69 writes: "I was a freshman at The Art School when he and his brother Robert, both seniors at the Engineering School, were clever enough to drive the prettiest most talented Art School girls all around the City to our gym classes. All Cooper had then was a Ping Pong table. We fell in love and married on August 31, 1969. Our children Lauren Yvette Atlas, Anthony David Atlas, Brian Mathew Atlas, and my son-in-law Philip Browning were witness to his brilliant mind until his body gave way in Florida. He was laid to rest as he wished next to the ATLAS family in New Jersey with honors befitting his namesake, King David. I will always be grateful for his constant love and devotion of our three children."

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