James E. Butterworth Jr. ’50

Jim died Jan. 29, 2015, in Charlotte, N.C.

After graduating from Kent School in 1944, Jim served in the Naval Reserve until 1946. At Princeton he majored in English, rowed on the varsity crew, and was a member of Cap and Gown.

Leaving in the middle of his junior year, Jim joined his family’s textile-machinery business, working in Philadelphia and Charlotte, N.C. After the family business was sold in 1956, Jim shifted his career to banking; first in Philadelphia, and then in Charlotte. After a few years in Charlotte, he took a break from banking to work as a sales manager for a German machinery manufacturer. Jim resumed his banking career to become CEO of Merchants and Farmers Bank in Landis, N.C., retiring after 13 years.

Jim was an active church member in Charlotte and in St. Huberts, N.Y., where he summered.

The class extends its condolences to his son, James III; daughters Alison and Joy; brother John ’49; and six grandchildren. His wife of 56 years, Nona, and his brother, Warner ’59, predeceased him.