Jerry died July 5, 2012, of heart failure. He was an all-state football player in Virginia and received a football scholarship to Princeton, but a knee injury ended his career.
At Princeton, he majored in mechanical engineering, joined Cannon Club and the American Society of Engineers, and played baseball and football. His senior roommates were E. Naumann, B. Nann, D. Merhige, E. Giles, and J. Ruvane. After graduating with honors he obtained a Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois in 1960. He then taught there for a while.
Jerry worked in management with GE at the Knolls Atomic Power Lab and later as vice president of Brenco Inc. Subsequently, he became a consultant with clients in the railroad industry and enjoyed that way of doing business immensely. He enjoyed reading and the outdoors.
Jerry served on the board of the Chicago Engineers Foundation, belonged to the local chapter of ASME, and was editor of the religion page of ’57’s website.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Ruth; sons James, Jess, and Timothy; and eight grandchildren. The class extends its kind wishes to the family.