Harold M. Whitacre Jr. ’58

Jock died July 28, 2017. A graduate of Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) High School, he was active in publications and athletics.

At Princeton, he majored in chemistry and ate at Elm Club. Jock was a photographer for The Daily Princetonian and a soloist with the Savoyards, and sang with the University Choir. Senior year, he roomed with Louis Klauder and Don Williams.

In June 1958, Jock and Judy Davis were married and he began working for Goodyear in Akron, Ohio. He was with the company for six years and then took a sales position with Pennsalt Chemicals, which required the couple to move to Arlington Heights, Ill.

In 1986 he and Judy formed Arrow Polychem. They were manufacturing agents, selling chemicals to the rubber and plastics industries. They had a great 18 years working together with Arrow. According to Jock, both the marriage and the company thrived.

He was an active member of Southminster Presbyterian Church, serving as an elder and singing in the choir for more than 50 years. Jock was also a 15-year member of the Chicago Master Singers, an auditioned chorus of 100 voices. He loved to sail, especially in Door County in Wisconsin, where the family spent many summers.

Jock was preceded in death by Judy. He is survived by his two sons, Harold and Gregory; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The class extends its condolences to them all.