Donald McClave ’50

Donald "Butch" McClave died Jan. 1, 1996, in Stuart, Fla., of prostate cancer. He was 70.

Butch grew up in Greenwich, Conn., where he attended Greenwich Country Day School before graduating from Pomfret School in 1944. He served in the Navy from 1944-46. At Princeton Butch played hockey and lacrosse and was a member of Ivy Club. He had an abiding passion for boating and building. An avid sailor, after graduation he won the national championship in the Luder16 class.

Until 1964 Butch worked in the wholesale lumber business. He then moved to Jackson, N.H., and started a building and development firm, Jackson Associates, Inc., from which he retired to Florida in 1988. In retirement he volunteered for Habitat for Humanity in both Princeton and Stuart. He also owned a power boat and during the summers he and his companion, Jan Marvin, explored the canals and waterways of Europe.

Butch was good company and extremely loyal to his friends, maintaining communication with them from wherever he was. He also remained interested in Princeton and followed the fortunes of the football team with particular enthusiasm.

Butch is survived by his three daughters, Kerry, Elizabeth, and Margaret, and six grandchildren to whom the class expresses it condolences.

The Class of 1950