Jerome Wendell Platek ’56

Jerry Platek, of Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), Pa., died July 28, 1998. He prepared at Mercersburg Academy, majored in modern languages and literature (emphasis on Russian), and joined Terrace Club, where he participated in I.A.A. sports. Jerry was a member of WhigClio and the Intl. Relations Club.

For a number of years Jerry was in the field of banking; more recently, he was president of Olympic Consultants, Inc. Jerry was a retired major in the Air Force Reserves. He was active in the Princeton Alumni Assn. of Western Pennsylvania, having been a board member, treasurer, secretary, and, at the time of his death, first v.p.; he was in line to become the next president.

An enthusiastic historian, he was president of Braddock's Field Historical Society. Of particular interest to Jerry was the inprogress restoration of the first of Andrew Carnegie's many libraries in the U.S. -- Braddock's Library, dedicated in 1889 with a speech by the Scottish benefactor himself.

Jerry is survived by his wife, Shirley, daughters Karen Ann Prafka and Barbara Davis, son Mark, and three grandchildren. The class extends its sincere sympathy to his entire family.

The Class of 1956