VINCENT A. LAUDONE ’40

VINCENT A. LAUDONE, 93, an attorney, state legislator, and volunteer in many political, civic, and community organizations, died June 5, 2011. He was a member of Sigma Chi and received his law degree from Boston University after serving as a highly decorated officer in the U.S. Army during World War II. A specialist in criminal law, he was a founding partner of the current Brown Jacobson P.C., law firm in Norwich, Conn. In addition to his other political activities, he was chairman of the Connecticut Republican State Central Committee during the 1970s. Predeceased by his wife, Wanda Zdanowski Laudone, survivors include two children and six grandchildren.