J. Clarke Cahill ’36

Clarke died Sept. 2, 1996, in Ocala, Fla., of congestive heart failure. He was 82. He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton he majored in chemistry and was a member of Cannon Club.

During WWII, he served three years in the Navy, assigned to destroyers and transport vessels. He retired in 1945 with the rank of lt. commander.

After the war he settled in Greenwich, Conn., where he was self employed. He retired in 1977 and moved to Ocala. He was an avid golfer, a founding member of the Burning Tree Country Club of Greenwich, and an active member of the Eastern Seniors Golf Assn.

Clarke is survived by his wife, Renee Jean Cahill, a son, John C. Jr., two grandchildren, one great-grandchild, as well as by his sisters, Margaret Vogel and Priscilla Gortner. The class extends its sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1936