J. Michael Mahoney ’51

Mike was born June 26, 1929, in Dayton, Ohio, to Daniel J. and Florence Sheets Mahoney.

His father was president of Cox Newspapers and publisher of the Miami Daily News. After his parents’ divorce, his mother, together with Mary Lasker, were well-known advocates for health legislation and medical research.

He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1947. At Princeton Mike was an English major and was active in football, polo, and lacrosse. He was a member of Ivy. He roomed with George Hawke, Tony Orser, and Marty Owen.

After four years in the Air Force, he worked as a journalist in Ohio and Africa and became interested in psychology, culminating later in his published work, Schizophrenia: The Bearded Lady Disease.

He and Mary Lewis were married in 1957 and divorced in 1970. Mike endowed a remarkable number of scholarships and capital gifts in memory of individual victims of minefields and war that this warm-hearted man wished to remember.

He died Feb. 28, 2016, at home in Larkspur, Calif. He is survived by children J. Michael Mahoney Jr., Melinda Campi, and Margaretta Miller; and five grandchildren. His brother, Daniel J. Mahoney Jr., predeceased him. Contributions to The Family Service Agency of Marin County, P.O. Box 4389, San Rafael, CA 94913 would be most appreciated.