George Flint, attorney and sailing enthusiast, at 84
NEW YORK, New York – George Squire Flint, a skilled attorney, sailing enthusiast and vanquisher of crossword puzzles, died Friday October 23, 2015 at his home in New York City.
Mr. Flint was born October 28, 1930 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of Asa Verne and Alberta Minor Flint. The Flints moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he graduated from Pittsfield High School. At the University of Michigan, he served as associate sports editor at The Michigan Daily, and wrote a column called “Speaking of Sports.” He was a member of Sigma Delta Chi, a professional journalism fraternity.
After being awarded a bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan in 1952, Mr. Flint attended the University of Michigan Law School and earned a J.D. degree there. Upon graduation he went to work for the law firm of Fulton, Walter & Duncombe in New York City, with offices at Rockefeller Plaza, later becoming partner. He served in the United States Navy based in Norfolk, Virginia, where he continued to establish his prowess on the defense side of naval legal proceedings.
Returning to New York, the city he loved and where he would remain for the rest of his life, he became a vice president at Tenneco Chemicals, and later returned to private practice, continued to do pioneering work in litigation, and ultimately became of counsel to the firm Jackson & Nash.
Mr. Flint enjoyed piloting his sailboat, moored for many years off Wamphassuc Point in Stonington, Connecticut, where he owned a home. He equipped the property with colorful bulbs and other plantings, and kept the birds of the point well-fed with carefully curated seeds purchased in nearby Mystic. In his retirement he became a great lover of dogs, owning a series of bouncy springer spaniels who he cared for with great love and affection. He was also lover of the opera, Mozart, and the Beatles. An avid daily reader of The New York Times, he possessed such an extensive vocabulary that he completed the crossword puzzle with relish. His interest in genealogy led him to trace the Flint and Minor family tree to revolutionary times and beyond.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Emily McLees Flint, of New York City; his sons Alexander Calhoun Flint of Menlo Park, California, and Anthony Evans Flint of Brookline, Massachusetts; a daughter, Julia Martha Flint of Burbank, California; his former spouse, Mary Alice Flint, of Essex, Connecticut; and seven grandsons. His sister, Martha M. Flint, passed away on the same day in Mystic, Connecticut. Another daughter, Melissa Ann (Flint) Cappella, passed away in 2013.
Friends and family gathered for a private memorial.