John died July 30, 2012, in Birmingham, Ala.

He graduated from Exeter. At Princeton he joined Charter Club and Whig-Clio, but left to finish at The Citadel. He did graduate work at the University of Virginia.

After service in the Army he worked in advertising in his hometown of Birmingham, then went to New York and worked for BBDO and later his own firm. He was married to the late Katherine Steiner of Montgomery, Ala.

Undergraduate Class of 1952