Henry Charles Barkhorn Jr. ’36

Henry, at 84, died July 27, 2000, of Alzheimer's disease after a very long illness. He prepared at Newark's Barringer H.S. At Princeton he majored in history and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Terrace Club.

He had an impressive business career as an officer of Prudential Insurance Co., Mutual Life of New York, and Chase Manhattan Bank.

During WWII he served a year in the Army at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and two years in the Navy in Washington, DC, as a lieutenant, junior grade.

He was a past treasurer of our class and chaired several annual dinners at Princeton for '36 fathers and their undergraduate sons.

Henry was a former member of the Princeton Club of New York and the New York Metropolitan Opera Assn. He was a member of the Maidstone Club of East Hampton, N.Y., at the time of his death. He was an avid stamp and coin collector.

Henry's first wife of 23 years, Helen Butler, died in 1967. He is survived by Jean Cook, his wife of 29 years, a daughter, Joan B. Haas, sons Henry III '71 and William B., and four grandchildren.

We will remember Henry as a thoughtful, loyal Princetonian and classmate.

The Class of 1936