Jack Willson Thompson ’40

Jack died Sept. 9, 2007, in Naples, Fla.

Until 1983, he lived primarily in Flint, Mich., where he had a private medical practice in obstetrics and gynecology, having graduated from Northwestern University's school of medicine.

Jack prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry and was a member of the squash team, band, orchestra, dance band, Triangle Club, and Tower Club.

During World War II, he served in the Navy aboard a seaplane tender in the Philippines. He was recalled during the Korean War as a lieutenant.

Jack was a director of the Genesee Bank and Trust Co., a life member of the Genesee and Michigan State medical societies, and

St. Paul's Episcopal Church. After retiring

to Naples, he was a supporter of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, the Audubon Society, and the Community Foundation of Collier County. He also was a member of Trinity By-The-Cove Episcopal Church and the Naples Yacht Club.

An award-winning photographer, his other interests included music, fly-fishing, pottery, boating, birding, gardening, flying, and tennis.

Jack married Virginia "Diddy" Hoover in 1944. She died in 1996. To his survivors, his son, Peter; his daughter, Susan Thompson-Shaw; their spouses; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren, his classmates extend their sincere sympathies.