Chalkley Jay Hambleton ’34

Jay Hambleton, whose first job after college was in the mailroom of Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, and who rose to become president and retired in 1977 as vice-chairman, died Sept. 16, 1996, in the bank's building in the Loop. He was also board chairman of the Newberry Library, where he had just embarked on a new project for the library's Center in American Indian History.

In past years Jay served as chairman of the Chicago Chapter of the Red Cross Defense Blood Program, v.p. of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago, and a member of the boards of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the John G. Shedd Aquarium, the Latin School of Chicago, and the Glenwood School for Boys. He was also on the corporate boards of G. D. Searle Co. and Foster Petroleum Corp. During WWII, he served as a lt. commander in the Navy.

Jay was married in 1952 to Betty Davis, who died in 1993. Surviving are two sons, Chalkley J. Jr. and Douglas McMurray, and five grandchildren. To them we offer our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1934