Albert H. Jackman ’31

Albert H. Jackman died of cancer Jan. 3, 1997, in Concord, Mass. He was 88. Concord flew its flag at half mast in his honor. So do his classmates!

At Princeton, Al joined the ROTC and became a reserve officer. After graduating, he spent 10 years in life insurance, and joined the regular Army in Jan. 1941. He served with the 10th Mountain Division in Italy, and in the Pacific-Asiatic, NorthAmerican, and Korean theaters. He participated in Canadian tests of winter military gear, was the 11th person to climb Mt. McKinley, and made the first ascents of Mts. Wood and Welsh in the Yukon. He directed the ROTC program at Western Michigan U. He had earned a PhD in geography at Clark U., and when he retired as a colonel in 1962, WMU employed him in its geography department, of which he became the chairman. He participated in the layout of the northernmost 125 miles of the Appalachian Trail, and belonged to American Geographical Society, the Arctic Institute, the Explorers' Club, and various local sporting and benevolent societies.

In 1946, Al married Janet Bubier, who survives him. Also surviving are their daughter, Jean Onorato, their son, Samuel B., and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1931