Jean Alonzo Curran Jr. ’46

Jac died Mar. 10, 2003, at home in Easton, Md. Born in Fenchow, China, in 1924, he was the son of missionaries. After returning to Brooklyn, he attended South Kent School, in Connecticut. He joined the Army in 1943, and served in the China-Burma-India theater as an interpreter. After discharge in 1946, he graduated from Princeton in 1948, and received a master's at Penn in 1951.

Married first to Catherine Gamble in 1947, Jac went to India with the State Department and CIA. In 1958 he attended the London School of Economics, then resided in London while attending to investments in Nigeria, the Middle East, Switzerland, and England. He continued financial business as a resident of France. In 1983 he moved to Rowayton, Conn., working in commercial real estate. He finally settled in Easton, Md., where he was active in environmental education.

Jac is survived by his second wife of 27 years, Camilla; the children of his first marriage, Constance McPhee '78 and Peter; a brother; Ted, two stepdaughters; four grandchildren; and his first wife. The class extends its condolences to them all.

The Class of 1946