Alfred Jehu Stokely ’38

Al died July 10, 2005, at his Whitestown, Ind., home after a long illness.

At Princeton Al majored in economics, graduated with honors, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was vice president of Tower Club.

After graduation he went to work for Stokely-Van Camp Inc., founded by his father in Indianapolis. In 1940 he married Betsy Home, with whom he had three children. She died in 1952 at 37. He later married Jeanette Tarkington Danner, who had two children from a previous marriage, and the couple had one daughter, Martha.

Al was elected president of Stokely-Van Camp in 1960 and became board chairman in 1966. One of his more notable accomplishments was bringing the then-unknown product, Gatorade, under the Stokely label in 1967. He retired from Stokely-Van Camp in 1981 shortly after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. During his long and distinguished business career, Al served on many corporate boards, including Indiana Bell, Bank One, Hobart Industries, and Mead Johnson. He also took a strong interest in education and was on the board of Berea College in Kentucky.

To his widow and all his family, the class extends its deepest sympathy in their loss.

The Class of 1938