Donald Jelliffe ’52

Don graduated from Wooster Prep and joined the Army before coming to Princeton with our class. His dad, Ely Jelliffe, was in the Class of 1920. Don majored in economics, ate at Cloister, sang in the Glee Club, and was a Tigertone. He joined the Republican Club and Bridge Club, and worked on the Parking Squad. His roommates were Dunc Stevens, Wells Huff, Evan Clay, Allen and Torrey West, and Jack Gray. Called back into the Army from the reserves for Korea, he returned to graduate with the Class of 1953 but continued to call us his class and wrote a good essay for The Book of Our History.

We had not heard from him since, and learned of his death March 10, 2018.

Don worked in sales at finance and insurance companies briefly, then as a buyer for several companies. In 1972, he became director of purchasing and administrative services for Alaska Airlines. From 1979 until 1990 he was contract administrator for Boeing. He turned back to his interest in card playing, and at the time of our 50th, he had been a blackjack dealer for a while at the Muckleshoot Indian Casino.

To his wife, Arlene, and to his three daughters, Phoebe, Gerry, and Jessica, we send regrets over the death of our lively brother with thanks for his repeated military service to our nation.