James Campbell Daubenspeck ’40

Jim died July 15, 2005, after a long illness.

Growing up in western Pennsylvania, he graduated from Wilkensburg High School. At Princeton, he majored in politics, graduating with honors. He was on the freshman wrestling and Cane Spree squads, was manager of the parking squad and University laundry, and was a member of Dial Lodge.

Jim received a law degree from Harvard in 1946, which was interrupted by his service in the Navy from 1942 to 1945. He attained the rank of lieutenant senior grade, surviving the sinking of his ship at Okinawa in 1945. He practiced law in Chicago for 35 years as partner in McDennott, Will & Emory and Kirkland, Ellis. Jim specialized in estate planning, writing articles and lecturing as an authority on that subject. He was an active alumni member of the Princeton Schools Committee, a trustee of Knox College and DePaul University and a life trustee of Episcopal Charities, and served on planning and zoning boards and boards of directors in the Barrington Hills, Ill., and Tarpon Springs, Fla., areas. Jim enjoyed fishing, golf, bowling, and photography.

He is survived by Peggy, his wife of 61 years; four daughters; Gail Joseph, Jill Zifkin, Joan Byram, and Emily Greene; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. To them, his classmates wish to offer their sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1940