John Albert Henry ’42

John died Oct. 3, 2001, at his home in Easton, Md. He retired in 1972 after nearly 30 years with Creole Petroleum in Venezuela.

Preparing for Princeton at the Hun School, John left before graduation to join the Army, and was sent to the Field Artillery training, lst Regiment Center at Fort Bragg. Upon discharge he resumed his studies in law and economics, graduating from Lafayette College. He was an outstanding baseball, football, and hockey player in high school and college, and was scouted to play with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but opted for the business world.

As an executive in the industrial relations department of Standard Oil of NJ in 1944 and 1945, he was sent to Venezuela to work for their subsidiary, Creole Petroleum Corp., where he remained until he retired in 1972.

To his wife, Esther, to his sons, Dean, John, Lawrence, and Roger, to his three grandchildren, and to his great-grandchild, the class extends its most sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1942