Curtis J. Wilson Jr., 71, of Bala Cynwyd, senior vice president in wealth management for UBS Financial Services in Philadelphia and Conshohocken, longtime triathlete, and avid photographer, died Monday, May 16, at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., after suffering a medical event during a triathlon.
Mr. Wilson earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He worked for Gulf Oil and was vice president for investments at Goldman Sachs financial services for 17 years before joining UBS in 1994.
An avid photographer, Mr. Wilson acquired sophisticated equipment over the years and became the unofficial cameraman for the many sports teams on which his daughters played. He created slide shows for their postseason banquets, sneaked onto the sidelines for up-close candid shots, and photographed tennis stars at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon.
“He never met a stranger and liked to make positive emotional deposits into everyone with whom he came into contact,” his family said. He married Brenda Skinner in 1973, and they had daughters Cicely, Jessica-Claire, and Sydney. The family lived in South Bend, Evanston, Ill., and Pittsburgh before moving to Mount Airy and then Bala Cynwyd.Mr. Wilson like to work out, play cards, solve puzzles, and share news articles he found interesting with his family. He cooked for his daughters when they were younger, specializing in pancakes, pork chops, and rice, and later, to their relief, expanded the menu.
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