Donald Ellis May ’46

Don died Jan. 23, 2002, in Camp Hill, Pa. Born to missionary parents in Paris, Don was schooled in Cameroon, Africa, and later at Mercersburg Academy.

He attended college first at Amherst from 1942-44, then at Princeton where he was a Navy V-12 cadet from 1944-45. He graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1968.

Don lived in Camp Hill and in nearby Chambersburg for over 40 years. He served as a Presbyterian minister in Abington, Pa., from 1948-50, in Bensalem, Pa., from 1950-57, and then for 27 years at Central Presbyterian Church in Chambersburg, where he participated in community affairs, including the Council of Churches. Following retirement in 1990, he continued as interim pastor at Middlespring Presbyterian Church.

Married for 52 years to Louise, he has four daughters, Kathleen, Rebecca, Amy, and Meg Ann. They all survive him, as do 10 grandchildren and a sister, Myra Pifer. To them all, the class extends its condolences.

The Class of 1946