Frank J. Hoen Jr. ’49

Pinky, as we always called him, died Feb. 15, 2016, in Glyndon, Md., his longtime home. He was 88 years old.

Pinky came to us from the Gilman School. He majored in history, played varsity lacrosse, and was a member of Tiger Inn and the Right Wing Club. In our senior class poll, he was voted the winner of not one, but three categories: “Acts Youngest,” “Needs It Most,” and “Done Princeton for the Most.”

After Princeton, he worked in construction for many years. Upon his retirement, he assumed the management of a 420-acre mushroom farm previously run by his late brother-in-law, Arthur D. Foster Jr. With 31 white- and green-growing houses, the farm produced a half-million pounds of mushrooms annually. With the advent of foreign competition, the enterprise shut down in 1990, and the farm was placed in the Maryland Environmental Trust.

Pinky enjoyed playing tennis, shooting, and sailing. He was an accomplished wingshooter, a rare skill for most of us.

Pinky is survived by his wife, Moira McLean; and his children, Frank J. III, Jillard Hoen, and Butter Wakefield. To them, we offer sincere condolences.