G. Blair MacDonald ’50

Blair died Nov. 17, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn., after a long battle with cancer.

He graduated from Kent School. At Princeton, where his father was in the Class of ’22, he rowed on the crew and belonged to Charter. He received a bachelor’s degree in basic engineering.

Following graduation, Blair served in the Navy for four years as a jet-carrier pilot. After several years with the Grace Co. in Memphis, where he met his first wife, Clare, he moved to Boston and earned an MBA in 1960 from Harvard Business School. He subsequently lived in the Northeast and California while working for Air Products, ATCO Chemical Products, and Cook Industries. He returned to Memphis in 1971, where two years later, he joined Crump Commercial to begin a 40-year career in the industrial real-estate business.

Blair was an enthusiastic duck hunter and an active church and club member. In 2002, he and Clare graciously hosted our 18th mini-reunion in Memphis. Sadly, Clare died in 2007.

Our condolences go to Keith Dunbar MacDonald, Blair’s second wife, whom he married in 2011; his son, Godfrey, and his wife, Margaret; two grandchildren; and the extended family.