Donald C. Kerr ’37

Don was born in Pittsburgh and died in Sarasota, Fla., June 5, 2013.

He graduated from Shady Side Academy, where he was president of the day students. At Princeton he majored in philosophy, graduated with honors, and won the 1861 Prize in philosophy. He played tennis and soccer and managed the championship soccer team his senior year.

Don entered Emmanuel College in Toronto and later transferred to Princeton Theological Seminary, graduating in 1940 with a master’s degree in divinity. He returned to the University of Toronto for a 1942 doctorate in theology, the same year he married Nora Lloyd of Toronto.

Don served in churches in Pennsylvania and New Haven before moving to Baltimore in 1948 as minister of the Roland Park Presbyterian Church. There he served 32 years, working also as a teacher, chaplain, and trustee for area Presbyterian, educational, Masonic, and medical institutions. In 1980, Don and Nora moved to Sarasota, where Don became associated with the First Presbyterian Church, among other organizations.

Don faithfully served as class secretary from 2002 to 2013 and as president from 2009 to 2013.

Don is survived by Nora, two sons, a daughter, six granddaughters, and four great-grandchildren.