Hallett Johnson Jr. ’46

For more than 10 years, Latin America and South America were Hallett Johnson’s territory, as he determined for Merck where to build and how to staff pharmaceutical plants and then became a consultant to major businesses. But in 1965, finding that doing business since the advent of the Fidel Castro regime had become more complicated and less pleasant, he sold his firm.

Hallett then settled on Pretty Brook Road in Princeton Township, worked long hours to make himself well informed on the stock market, and developed a clientele who respected his knowledge and skill as an investment strategist and adviser.

When he died at home Jan. 25, 2012, Hallett also was known and respected as a conservationist. An outdoor man, he worked hard to maintain the beauty and integrity of both the land and the water that he loved.

Hallett is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen; sons Hallett III ’74 and Livingston; daughters Mary and Elizabeth ’74 and their spouses; and nine grandchildren, including Hallett IV ’04. To them all, ’46 expresses its sincere sympathy.