James Jett McCormick ’45

Jett McCormick died on Dec. 1, 2000, at his home in San Diego. Jett entered Princeton from the Harvard School, and, coming from a Navy family, his exotic address was the submarine base at Pearl Harbor just before the Japanese attack. At Princeton, Jett joined Tower Club and played football. In 1944 he received a degree in public and international affairs. Jett then joined the Marine Corps as an infantry platoon leader with the Sixth Marines on Guam and Okinawa, for which he received the Bronze Star. In 1950, Jett earned a degree from the U. of Va. Law School. His legal career began in the Navy's general counsel office. In 1955 he moved to California and joined General Dynamics, becoming manager of international marketing and contracts. There he married Patricia Kousack. General Dynamics then transferred them to Florida, where Jett was active in community service and with his church and for several years maintained a 3-golf handicap.

Jett and Pat returned to California, where Pat survives him, together with a son, J. Jett, III, three daughters, Jeanne Ridgeway, Tricia, and Susan Davis, seven grandchildren, and his brother, Lynde. The class expresses its sympathy to all.

The Class of 1945