The passing of Simon Perchik (December 24, 1923 – June 14, 2022)
June 16, 2022
With sadness we announce the passing of Simon Perchik
Simon Perchik, 98, of East Hampton, NY died on June 14 at the VA Hospital in New York City.
Simon was a great man. loving father, grandfather, husband, WW2 pilot, environmental lawyer, social activist and poet.
A man of principles, Simon was a trailblazer. In his military career he reached the rank of First Lieutenant, flying 35 overseas missions. As an unrelenting environmentalist he served as Assistant DA for Suffolk County as its first Environmental Prosecutor from 1975-1980. In 1980 he retired to write full time as a prolific poet publishing more than 30 books. His archives are in the Beinecke library at Yale University.
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