Necrology

Lisa Zegger Schaeffer '90

Mar. 16, 1968-Nov. 20, 2019

Lisa Zegger Schaeffer ’90, an investment banker and financial analyst of Alamo, Calif., was born in Schenectady, N.Y., on March 16, 1968, a daughter of Jean and John Zegger. She graduated from Linton High School in Schenectady.

At Hamilton, Schaeffer focused her studies in economics with a minor in art history, graduating cum laude with honors. She spent a semester studying in Strasbourg, France, where she also enjoyed travel throughout Europe.

After working in finance in New York City, Schaeffer earned an M.B.A. in 1996 from the Haas School of Business of the University of California at Berkeley. She worked in investment banking for Dean Witter in San Francisco, followed by nearly 20 years with Wells Fargo Real Estate Finance, where she eventually rose to senior vice president.

Shaeffer had diverse interests, with a love of the arts, according to a published obituary. She studied violin starting at age 8 and played with the Empire State Youth Orchestra, Schenectady Symphony, and the Hamilton College Orchestra, which included a tour performing in Romania and Bulgaria in 1987 while at the College. She also enjoyed playing tennis and running. Other activities included cooking, reading, sewing, needlepoint, and quilting, the obituary said, and summer vacationing with her family in Nantucket and skiing in the winter.

Schaeffer died on Nov. 20, 2019, at the age of 51. She is survived by her husband of 22 years, John Schaeffer, three sons, and her mother. A cousin is Theresa Bingham Gallic ’87.

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