James Maxwell Napp ’42

JIM DIED Jan. 10, 1990, at his home in Redding, Calif. At the time of his death, he was retired and was suffering from lung cancer.

Jim came to Princeton from Mount Herman, leaving before graduation to finish his education, graduating from Wooster College in 1946. He then worked in Calcutta, India for four years with Socony Vacuum. He subsequently moved to Pasadena, Calif. where he served as office manager, job placement counselor, stock broker, plant security supervisor and finally, after his move to Redding, as a milkman for a local dairy. His daughter, Barbara, said he was always "a sucker for sick or stray animals."

Tragically, Jim's widow, Betty, was in a serious multi-vehicle accident in 1981 and has never fully recovered from the massive head injuries she received.

In addition to his wideranging business activities, Jim was active in the Presbyterian Church as a deacon, an elder, a member of the Pastoral Search Committee and served as well on the board of trustees.

To his widow, Betty, and his daughters, Barbara and Sharon, and to his sister, Kay, the Class extends its most sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1942