Geoffrey James Nulle, 71, son of the late Richard and Claire Couch Nulle, died of a heart attack at his Manhattan home on August 23, 2016. He is survived by brothers David, Bruce, Gregory, and niece Alexandra Duemer. Jeff was a graduate of Ithaca High School, Cornell, and Columbia University.

 

Jeff taught English at Manhattan Community College and Farleigh Dickinson University and was employed at Davis-Polk law firm for many years.

 

Jeff was a lifelong birding enthusiast and mentor, a conservation activist, past president of the Linnaean Society of New York. He helped establish the bird sanctuary at Riverside Park in Manhattan. He loved the city and knew its hidden gems.

Jeff was an avid student of art and literature, an entertaining storyteller deeply interested in the life stories of others, a man of integrity who spoke his mind in thoughtful ways.

 

Memorial services for Jeff will be held on Saturday, Oct. 8 at Volunteer House at 107 St. in Riverside Park at 1 pm and at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Ithaca, New York on Oct. 15 at 11 am.

 

Donations in Jeff's memory may be made to the Riverside Park Conservancy at www.riversideparknyc.org