Jack C. Paterno ’40

Our Pat, formerly of Greenwich, Conn., died Jan. 26, 2002, at Mount Holly, N.J.

Preparing at Riverdale Country School, he followed his relatives Joseph '32 and John '35 Campagna to Princeton. He majored in history, graduating with departmental honors, was football manager and on the Tiger business board, in Catholic Club, and Elm Club.

An Army field artillery officer during WWII, he served in the Aleutian Islands. His civilian career was in real estate investment, president of Paterno Bros. since 1946.

Pat expressed his strongest enthusiasms for his family and outdoor activities, establishing impressive numbers for his classmates to equal: his marriage of 62 years to Ruth MacInnis, his 10 children and 21 grandchildren. A member of Greenwich, Oyster Harbor, Westchester, and Woodway Country Clubs, he had five aces to his credit. He was also a yachtsman and Civil War buff.

Pat is survived by Ruth; five sons, Jack, Jr., Barry, Robert, Peter, and Gregory; five daughters, Jacqueline Kirby, Babetta Ferris, Melissa Schori, Cynthia Cody, and Christina Smith — and 21 grandchildren. To all of them, his classmates extend their sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1940