James B. Diggs Jr. ’31

Jim Diggs was born in Tulsa, Okla., on Mar. 7, 1910, and died there on June 23, 2000. He prepared at Tome School in Port Deposit, Md.

At Princeton, he majored in political science, anticipating a life in the field of law. He was a member of Key and Seal Club. Following graduation, he entered Yale law school, graduating with an LLB degree in 1934. He then became associated with the Gulf Oil Co., where he remained as an attorney until he retired in 1975.

Jim was a trustee and one-time pres. of the board of the Children's Medical Center in Tulsa, and a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church from 1936-48. He was also a member of the Southern Hills Country Club and the Tulsa Club.

Surviving are five children: Elizabeth Francis, Lucy Evans, Beverly Buxton, James Barnes IV, and Thomas Maclary. The class extends its deepest sympathy to the entire family.

The Class of 1931