He came to us from Deerfield. At Princeton, where his father was in the Class of 1920, Mac majored in history, was on the varsity soccer and wrestling teams, and belonged to Dial. After earning a master’s in divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary, he was ordained a minister at Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, a predominantly African American church in Princeton.
While at Witherspoon, he earned his master’s in theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. Moving to Michigan in 1963, he led a nascent parish in East Detroit. In 1970, he returned to Princeton, where he led churches in transition and counseled fellow pastors.
His lifelong efforts to forge a better world and a more just desegregated society focused on providing housing to those in need and on prison reform. He was a founder of Trenton’s Habitat for Humanity, leading it for nearly 30 years. He was deeply involved in the community, serving on many nonprofit boards in and around Princeton.
Mac led a physically active life. He loved ice skating, tennis, sailing, boating, and swimming, as well as working on his farm outside Princeton.
A much-loved moral beacon to his family, Mac was predeceased by his wives, Joan and Sally. He is survived by children David ’77 *80, Ann, Loring ’83, and Janet; four grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.