Edwin Feiler Jr. W56, 86, of Savannah, GA, died on October 13 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born on January 23, 1935. Edwin was a fourth-generation Georgia real estate developer, a civic activist, and the founder of Leadership Savannah. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1959 aboard the battleship USS Wisconsin and at the U.S. Naval Station in Annapolis, MD. Edwin married Jane Carol Abeshouse in Baltimore on June 15, 1958, and they had three children: Andrew Feiler W84, Bruce Feiler, and Cari Feiler Bender C90. Edwin recently completed a memoir called A Professional Savannahian. It opens with this explanation of the title: “I began the practice of writing ‘Savannah’ on my name tag whenever I attended an event away from home. I was proud of my hometown, and seeing the name often provoked interesting conversations among the people I met. My children started calling me a professional Savannahian. The nickname stuck. It’s an honor I have been proud to carry.”
Edwin Feiler Jr. W56
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