Dewitt Clinton Jones III ’44

Dick died Feb. 3, 2018, at age 96. His father, Dewitt Jr., was in the Class of 1913. Dick was a direct descendent of Dewitt Clinton, former mayor of New York City and governor of New York.

After Princeton he became a navigator in the Eighth Air Force, based in England, and led in the invasion of France. After South Pacific duty he settled in Quissett, Mass., returned to Princeton, and obtained a degree in 1948; taught at Loomis; and then earned a master’s degree at Harvard. He married Margaret Hanna in 1952, then taught in Istanbul and Falmouth, and retired in 1988.

He loved Falmouth, where for nearly 50 years he served on many boards and committees and organized Christmas caroling on Falmouth Village Green. In 2010 the Falmouth Historical Society honored him. An active Democrat, he worked for the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns. He served as Quissett’s mayor and once hosted the visit of the lord mayor of Falmouth, England.

He is survived by his wife, Megan; two children, including Douglas ’83; and six grandchildren.