J. Lee McCormick ’51

Lee was born in New York City Jan. 26, 1929, son of the late Harold and Anita Burmester McCormick. He died April 23, 2004, in Bay Village, Ohio. For some time he had suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

An only child, Lee went to Westfield [N.J.] High School, where he won the Bausch and Lomb Science Prize and the Rensselaer Math Prize. He earned his bachelor's in mechanical engineering and was a member of Terrace Club, the Tigertones, and the Glee Club. Lee roomed with John Lambert, Scott Reid, and Harvey Robbins.

After graduation, he went to work for Union Carbide Metals Co. in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and later was project engineer for the International Eveready Battery Division. He served as a lieutenant in the Navy for four years. Lee and Lois Ingram were married in 1953. At one time, he supervised sports activities for underprivileged boys for the Niagara Falls Jaycees and was an officer in the local civic improvement club.

He is survived by his wife, Lois; their children, Scott, Randy and LuAnn; and six grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Trudeau Institute at Saranac Lake, N.Y. Trudeau is an independent research center dealing with the body's immune system.

The Class of 1951