Alan Alter was born on July 24th, 1939, in Brockton, MA. He prepared at Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, MA and, then, received an A.B., concentrating in government, from Harvard College where he was a member of Dunster House and the Harvard Class of 1960.
Alan settled into a lifetime of work with computers and investing on his own. The last forty-five years of his life, he spent in Boston and Brookline, right near the line between the two. His passions were running (in a New York marathon at under three hours and winning a race at the Maccabean Games in Tel Aviv), politics, classical music, conversation, book-collecting, and reading. He was extraordinarily well-read on many topics and had a particularly keen interest in neuroscience, literature, and history. While not observant, Alan was Jewish to the core (he knew Hebrew) and a believer in the promise of Israel.
Alan is survived by his brother Mark Alter and niece Sonrisa Alter of Portland, OR, his aunt Josephine Freedman of Cambridge, MA, and cousins Amy Freedman of Cambridge and Robert Alter of Newton, MA. Alan was very smart and an intellectual at heart who will be fondly remembered by his family as a deeply good person. Alan took great, loving care of both his mother Alberta Alter and father Manny Alter for years in their later lives. He will also be lovingly remembered by his great circle of caring friends in the neighborhood where he lived, in particular his neighbor Patrick Maguire.
Alan died in Milton, MA on April 5th, 2024, at the age of 84. Alan will be interred at Sharon Memorial Park next to his parents as he wished. There will not be a service.
Alan is survived by his brother Mark Alter and niece Sonrisa Alter of Portland, OR, his aunt Josephine Freedman of Cambridge, MA, and cousins Amy Freedman of Cambridge and Robert Alter of Newton, MA. Alan was very smart and an intellectual at heart who will be fondly remembered by his family as a deeply good person. Alan took great, loving care of both his mother Alberta Alter and father Manny Alter for years in their later lives. He will also be lovingly remembered by his great circle of caring friends in the neighborhood where he lived, in particular his neighbor Patrick Maguire.