Jacques David Wimpfheimer ’41

Jack died in Oct. 2000. A graduate of Lawrenceville, at Princeton he majored in psychology, played football, and was a member of Tower.

A B-25 pilot, Jack flew 54 missions with the 12th Air Force, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with six clusters.

Joining the family business, A. Wimpfheimer & Bros., Inc., owners of the American Velvet Co. in Stonington, Conn., Jack became president in 1954 and chair in 1962. He also was chair of the board of their subsidiary, Denholme Velvet, in Yorkshire, England.

As an owner and breeder of thoroughbred race horses, he enjoyed racing them in the U.S. and France. Jack served several terms on the board of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Assn. here, and as president and chair of the Intl. Committee.

A longtime resident of Stonington, he was very active in the community. A member of the board of trustees of the Mystic Seaport and the board of the Western R.I. Hospital, he was also director of Freedom House in New York.

Predeceased by a son, Jacques Jr., he is survived by his wife of 52 years, Louise Merriwether, two sons, Donald and James, and two grandchildren.

The Class of 1941