ALAN J. ZINSER ’53

ALAN J. ZINSER, 74, a banker and professor emeritus of business at Mattatuck (now Naugatuck Valley) Community College in Connecticut, died June 18, 2006. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in history, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After serving in the U.S. Navy he received an M.B.A/ from Harvard. He won a number of marketing awards while at Waterbury National Bank and developed an innovative marketing program for students at the college. Among those who survive are his wife, Betty Fillers-Simons Zinser; three sons, including Marc A. Zinser ’79, M.D.; and seven grandchildren.