J. Porter Gillespie ’20

PORTER DIED Feb. 15, 1990, in Baltimore, Md. He prepared for Princeton at the Shadyside Academy, where he had been president of his class. Porter left Princeton in June 1918 to serve in the Navy, returning the following year to graduate in Jan. 1921.

Porter was voted "best natured" and "Class sport" and was one of the most popular and entertaining members of our Class. Those qualities endured throughout his life. His deep love of Princeton and the Class was reflected in his attendance at almost all major as well as offyear reunions.

Porter worked for the familymanaged steel business in Pittsburgh until 1943. He spent the remainder of his career in the industrial coal business, eventually as a founding partner of PittsburghWest Va. Coal Co.

Porter was one of the original founders, in 1939, of the McKees Rocks, Penn., Boys Club, and served as its president for 19 years. In 1985 he received the Keystone Award from the Boys' Club of America, and, in 1989, the Paul Harris Fellow Medal from Rotary Intl., in recognition of his distinguished service.

Porter's wife, Ruth, died in 1969. He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Cook, two sons, J. Porter Gillespie Jr. '51 and Richard R. Gillespie'52, five grandchildren, and one greatgranddaughter.

The Class of 1920