Kenneth A. Clements

Born in Albany, NY to Theresa Adams Clements and Kenneth Anthony Clements, he grew up in Rensselaer, NY and attended St John's Academy. His contributions as co-captain of their basketball team lead to their record-breaking winning streak and earned him a scholarship to Providence College. In his senior year they won the national invitational tournament. After graduating with honors, Ken entered the ROTC program in Philadelphia. He served as First Lieutenant in the US Army at night, while earning his MBA at Wharton during the day..

After settling in New York City he worked for Goldman Sachs, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Credit Suisse First Boston as Senior Vice President. After retiring, he joined Wexford Capital of Greenwich, CT specializing in metals analysis.

Ken will be remembered as an enthusiast by nature, a skilled athlete, an oenophile. Throughout his life he traveled the world but always loved returning home to Greenwich, and splitting time between his homes in Connecticut, Sun Valley, and Quogue, Long Island. He was a long time member of the International Wine and Food Society, and the New York Wine and Food Society as well as the Commanderie de Bordeaux. Ken founded the Fairfield County branch of the International Wine and Food Society in Greenwich. Hosting events at home and abroad allowed him to share his passion for entertaining while giving him a platform for orating. A talented racquets player, he was a member of the University Club of New York for over 50 years, and his tenacity on the squash courts, and his after-match banter in the tap room will be missed.

He is survived by his daughter Kathleen, his son-in-law Andrew De Francesco, and his grandchildren August and Marigold Clements-De Francesco of Quogue, L.I. and Brooklyn, N.Y., brother, William D. Clements and his wife, Judith Clements of Pelham Manor, NY, their children David Clements and Sarah Clements Page, and his three grand nephews. He is also survived by his former spouse Kathleen H. Clements of Greenwich.

A memorial service will be held in early spring