James Boyer Kirkpatrick ’38

Kirk died on July 13, 1999, at White Horse Village in Newtown Square, Pa. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Caroline; a son, James B. Jr.; a daughter, Dorothy K. O'Donnell; a sister, Nancy K. Lininger; and four grandchildren.

At Mercersburg, Kirk was on the track team, the publications board and was a mathematics prize winner. At Princeton, he majored in economics and was an officer of Dial Lodge, later attending Harvard Business School. During WWII he served in the Army Signal Corps as a lt. col. in Paris.

Kirk worked for Scott Paper Co. for 35 years as a special products manager. After retirement he was a volunteer at Chester County Hospital and the Friends Assn. for Care and Protection of Children in West Chester, Pa. To his entire family, the class extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1938