James J. Britt ’68

Jim died Dec. 8, 2022, in Princeton of complications due to cancer. 

He came to us from Trenton (N.J.) Central High School, where he was student council president and president of his senior class. At Princeton, he was sophomore and junior class president, vice president of the senior class, president of Cottage Club, and chairman of the Inter-Club Council. He majored in history and lived at Cottage his senior year with Joe Heiser, Bill Grad, Rich Segal, and Bill Reed, after spending two years living in Lockhart Lair. 

Following graduation, Jim earned a law degree from Rutgers Law School, Newark. He then joined Jamieson, Moore, Peskin and Spicer, where he practiced real-estate law and represented the University for many years in land-planning matters while heading the Princeton Bar Association for two years. He later joined McCarthy and Schatzman, where he continued to represent several major residential developers. 

The class extends its sympathies to Jim’s son, John ’06; daughter Caroline O’Banion; grandchildren Louise and Cameron; and his extended family and friends.