Cyrus F. Horine Jr., a retired property manager and former college lacrosse star, died Jan. 24 at Genesis Multi-Medical Center in Towson of a stroke. He was 84.
The son of Dr. Cyrus F. Horine, a physician, and Blanche M. Horine, a registered nurse, Cyrus Flook Horine Jr. was born in Baltimore and raised on Cloverhill Road in Guilford. He was a graduate of Calvert School.
He went to Gilman School for high school. While there, Mr. Horine was captain of the football team his junior and senior years, and was named an All-American his senior year for his work as a goalie on the lacrosse team.
After graduating from Gilman in 1949, he entered Princeton University, where he played lacrosse his sophomore, junior and senior years, and was a member of the 1951 and 1953 national championship teams.
"He still holds a record at Princeton for the most saves in a game," said his son, John H. Horine of Ruxton. "He also earned an All-American honorable mention for lacrosse in 1953."
After graduating from Princeton in 1953, Mr. Horine worked for Pan-American World Airways. He then earned his commercial real estate license and worked from the early 1960s to the 1970s for W.C. Pinkard, and then Equitable Life Assurance.
When Baltimore contractor Victor Frenkil purchased the Belvedere Hotel at a 1975 auction and restored it, he turned to Mr. Horine to manage the property.
He later managed a building that was owned by the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation before retiring in 2005.
Mr. Horine, who lived in Aigburth Village near Towson and had been active in Republican politics, ran unsuccessfully in 1966 for a seat on the Baltimore County Council.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Calvert Middle School, 4300 N. Charles St.
In addition to his son, Mr. Horine is survived by two daughters, Eleanor T. Coffin of Rock Hall, and Catherine M. Renaud, of Lutherville; and six grandchildren. A marriage to the former Jane Moore ended in divorce.