John Alexander McGhie ’52

Alex (known as “McGoo” to us then) graduated cum laude from Taft. At Princeton he majored in chemistry and took his meals at Key and Seal. He joined the Outing Club, Fairfield County Club, and the Chemistry Club. His roommates were Park Callahan, Dick Zahn, and Walt O’Leary.

He joined the Navy and served on an Atlantic destroyer until 1955, an experience of which he often spoke with satisfaction. After a time at St. Regis Paper, he went with his brother, Bruce, and father into McGhie Associates, a corporate-communications firm in New York City. Alex wrote and published financial reports for companies, especially in the timber, paper, and insurance industries.

He retired in 1989 and moved to Lyme, Conn., where he sailed during the summer to his place in Maine; in the winter he skied in the Rockies.

Alex died Jan. 17, 2017, and is survived by his children, Claire, Andrea, Gordon, and Mark. To them, the class sends sympathies, along with a salute to Alex for his Navy service to our country.