Judson Decker ’46

Jud died June 10, 2002, of a stroke, at his home in Birmingham, Mich. He came to Princeton from West Waterloo HS in the fall of 1942, entering the Army's 10th Mountain Division in Mar. 1943. After combat service in Italy, winning two battle stars, he continued at Princeton to graduate in 1949 in economics. Jud played football, baseball, and hockey and was active in Whig-Clio.

In business in Chicago, Jud worked for Life magazine and founded a plastics dinnerware company with his former wife, Jane Bopp. He later worked for Paine Webber Jackson Securities and Mid-States Mortgage Corp. in Detroit. He formed Resources Group Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage. He retired in 1989 and devoted time to Alcoholics Anonymous and to Commitment to Life, a cancer patient support group.

Jane, and their children Todd, Susan, Catherine, and Nancy survive, as do eight grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, and a brother. The class joins them in mourning the loss of a loyal Tiger.

The Class of 1946