James C. McClymont Jr. ’59

Jim died Jan. 19, 2026. 

He attended Hempstead (N.Y.) High School. At Princeton, he entered the engineering school, majoring in chemical engineering and joining the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He took his meals at Key and Seal and devoted his free time to ice skating, squash, pool, and horseback riding. He spent the summers of 1957 and 1958 doing research and development work in engineering. According to his obituary he furthered his engineering education by studies at MIT and Rutgers and worked as a chemical engineer. 

In 1970, Jim was transformed, formally committing his life to Jesus. Two years later he moved his family — his wife, Jean, and six sons — to Texas, where he studied at Dallas Theological Seminary. Upon Jim’s ordination in 1977 the McClymonts moved to New Jersey, where Jim took on the role of pastor at Mendham Hills Chapel and later (according to our 35th-reunion yearbook), at Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Jean died in 2013. Jim is survived by six sons; 21 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.