James H. Marks ’35

Jim Marks died in his native state of Pennsylvania on Aug. 30, 2000. Born in Edgeworth, Pa., he prepared for Princeton at Shady Side Academy, where golf, baseball, and track consumed most of his time outside the classroom. At Princeton he majored in psychology, was a lacrosse team manager, and vice president of Campus Club. Then it was back to Pittsburgh, marriage to Elizabeth "Betsy" Dunsford, and a starting ("cadet engineer") job with at the Equitable Gas Co. He spent his entire working career there, save time off with the Army Artillery during WWII. He served in Europe and attained the rank of colonel. Postwar, after returning to Pittsburgh, Jim continued a reserve association with the military well into the 1950s.

Betsy died in 1977. Jim, who was then Equitable's executive vice president, decided it was time to retire and take up golf seriously. He moved to Vero Beach and joined the country club there. "It's a great spot," he used to say. "Boating, swimming, and golf, are accessible; volunteer work is needed at a local community hospital; and winter '35 class reunions are held nearby." Jim leaves his sons, James Jr. and William, a daughter, Janet (Mrs. G. Scott Baton '58), eight grandchildren (including Elizabeth M. Baton '86), 10 great-grandchildren, and his older brother, Lewis H. Marks '37.

The Class of 1935