James R. Strohecker ’52

Jim graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pa. At Princeton he studied basic engineering and ate at Dial. He was on the staff of The Tiger and joined IAA and the Basic Engineering Society. At the end of junior year he left for Officer Candidate School and then served as a lieutenant in the Army Field Artillery with the Third Infantry Division in Korea. He returned to graduate with the Class of  ’55.

His Princeton education served him well as head of his own outfit, Strohecker — a heavy-construction firm — now operated by his children. After Jim’s retirement, he and his wife, Marilyn, enjoyed sailing his 57-foot sport-fishing boat.

Jim died Jan. 30, 2019. He is survived by Marilyn and their children, James B., Lizabeth, Robert, and Lisa. To them the class sends sympathies and respect for Jim’s service to our country.