Harold James Stokes Jr. ’41

Jim died on Aug. 16, 2000.

One of our great Exeter contingent, at Princeton, he was on the football team, majored in political science, and was a member of Colonial Inn.

A Prarie-State graduate, he served in the Atlantic, European, and Pacific theaters, becoming flag lt. to the commander, Northwest African Sea Frontier, and flag lt., Eighth Amphibious Force, earning the Legion of Merit.

Jim spent the large part of his business career with the Monroe Calculating Machine Co., retiring to set up his own very successful business. Always involved in yachting, he even tried commercial fishing!

He is survived by his wife, Claire Reece Stokes, five sons, James and Richard, and Thomas, Robert, and James Barnickel, 12 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

The Class of 1941