Jennifer Lynn English ’91

Jennifer died June 11, 2018, of cancer in Barrington, R.I. She came to Princeton from Summit, N.J., after graduating from Kent Place School. At Princeton she was a Mathey resident and member of Charter. She rowed crew, majored in American history, and worked as a photographer for the Prince.

After graduation, Jen moved to New York, where she worked for the Manhattan district attorney, first as a paralegal, then on the staff in the public affairs department. She also worked for a brief time at Burson-Marsteller in New York. She left the city when she got engaged to classmate Chris Wiseman, who was serving as a naval officer in Virginia Beach. She took this opportunity to change careers and pursue something that would allow her to help people, returning to school at the Medical College of Virginia. She earned a master’s in genetic counseling in 2000 and began a new career.

Jen and Chris shared a love of travel, and when offered a position in Brussels, they packed up their house and their newborn son, Nicholas, and moved overseas for three years. Jen took that time off to focus on being a mother and truly enjoyed the amazing lifestyle Europe offered. They returned home to Virginia for a quick two years before finally settling in Rhode Island.

Jen is survived by her husband and son as well as her mother, brother, father, and stepmother. All were present, along with a good number of Princetonians, for a celebration of her life in July. Jen’s family established the Jennifer English Book Fund at gofundme.com in her memory to support the Barrington Public Library. Our class sends its deepest condolences to her family.