James King Hoyt ’49

Jim died Dec. 9, 2003. He was 76.

Jim prepared for Princeton at Millbrook School and served in the Navy during World War II. He majored in politics and was a member of Cloister Inn.

After graduation Jim joined the family business, A. Milne & Co., a tool-steel distributor where he spent his professional career. He was president when he sold the business in 1991. Jim traveled extensively and was an avid reader. He had an abiding interest in Renaissance art, and European and American political history. He is remembered as a highly concerned and principled person.

Jim was predeceased by his wife, Jane Louise. He is survived by his daughter, Carol Louise Henderson, sons James Grier and Mark Banning, and three grandchildren. To them, the class extends its deepest sympathy on their loss.

The Class of 1949