John Glasser died June 24, 2013, in his home in Wyckoff, N.J. He was 100 years old, born on Christmas Day 1912.
“Johnny” was one of 1933’s class “babies,” arriving at Princeton from Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J., at age 16. While at Princeton, he enjoyed handball with Bruce Mather and birding with Dr. Charles Rogers.
Encouraged by his adviser, Professor Hubert Alyea *28, Johnny entered Johns Hopkins School of Medicine along with several classmates (including Walter Buck, Josh Billings, and John Luetscher). After graduating he did an ob-gyn residency, followed by four years in the Army Medical Corps, serving in France and England. After specialty training at St. Luke’s Woman’s Hospital in New York City, he joined Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., where he practiced for 38 years before retiring in 1989.
Johnny was a volunteer for the Appalachian Mountain Club in New Hampshire and recently finished the booklet Nature Trail Guide to the White Mountains. He was an Elderhostel instructor for 10 years, an original board member of the New Jersey Botanical Garden, and a speaker for the Pine-lands Commission. He could read the New Testament in its original Greek and taught Bible classes at various churches.
Johnny is survived by his wife, Evangeline Bethune Glasser; sons John W. ’66, James ’70, and David Glasser; and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Louise Weakley Glasser. The class sends heartfelt condolences to them all.