James F. Foran ’37

Ardent Princetonian and naturalist, Jim Foran died Apr. 17, 1998. His wife of 45 years, Pat, survives, along with children Susan and Sheila, stepson Rusty, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

At Princeton Jim majored in biology and was a member of Cannon and, outstandingly, of the Triangle Club, singing "East of the Sun."

He tried Hollywood after graduation and then returned to the Foran Foundry and Manufacturing Co. to be plant superintendent and v.p. After 1980 he handled packaging sales at Corrugated Carton Co. He was in the Pacific as a Navy squadron navigator. He came out a lieutenant commander and was awarded a Silver Star and a presidential citation for PT work. He was foremost in Trout Unlimited and Ducks Unlimited, a Boy Scout Council veteran with two world jamborees, and chairman of two New Jersey game councils. He lectured on reptiles "with live specimens." At one point he had eight snakes, two dogs, one marmoset, one guinea pig, tropical fish, deer outdoors, "and one wife."

The Class of 1937