James M. Macfarland ’32

AFTER AN OUTSTANDING CAREER of public service, Jim died Dec. 12, 1994, in Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, in Roswell, N.Mex. After gradua­tion, Jim did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins, then began working in journalism.

In WWII, he was active in various projects in the war effort, which ended with his appointment in the U.S. Foreign Service. He held posts in many different areas around the world and also reported for the N. Y. Times and other papers. He was instrumental in the recovery of the Roswell from the closing of Walker Air Force Base in 1966.

Jim also served as a national member of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and was chairman of the New Mexico Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. He was also a coordinator of the ''Ability Counts" Natl. Scholarship Program.

Retiring to Roswell in 1970, Jim spent much of his time in private and public groups promoting the cause of the disabled. He also served a number of years on the New Mexico Border Commission, and helped create an endowment for a scholarship for Princeton students.

Jim is survived by his widow, Dorothy, and a sister, Lucia Hogan, to whom the class extends its sincere sympathy.