Gary O. Emmer ’59

Gary died Oct. 14, 2016, in Wellesley, Mass. He was an avid hiker and outdoorsman and a member of the “4,000 Footer Club” and the “100 Highest Peaks Club.”  

Born in Manhattan, Gary spent his formative years at Roslyn (N.Y.) High School on Long Island, where he was class valedictorian. At Princeton he nurtured his fondness for the outdoors in the Outing Club, as well as his proclivity for business management as manager of the Student Christmas Card Agency and associate business manager of The Daily Princetonian. He ate at Key and Seal. 

Having majored in art and archaeology, Gary spent the summer after graduation, in his words, “unearthing artifacts on Long Island” — in fact, digging ditches to make money to attend Harvard Business School in the fall. While in business school, he married Barbara Waite, and following graduation he worked in management positions at Rust Craft Greeting Cards. He left in 1968 to do long-range planning with Hoague-Sprague Corp. and in 1979 he founded his own business-management consulting company. 

Active in church and community activities, Gary is survived by his wife, Barbara; and daughter, Jennifer. We have sent condolences.