John Robert Bradley ’51

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John died Oct. 7, 1999, of Parkinson's disease.

At Princeton, he was a politics major and a member of Quadrangle Club, chair of the 1951 Nassau Herald, Orange Key, Varsity Club, senior crew manager, WPRU, chapel choir, and researcher for Gallup Robinson pollsters. Among his roommates were Wrangler Bill Robinson, Cal Ledbetter, and Ellery Gay.

John's careers were arcane and sporadic. As his mental health deteriorated, he spent more and more time in Marine Corps hospitals.

The Class of 1951

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