John Atkinson Cissel Jr. ’38

Jack died Nov. 29, 1997, in Vero Beach, Fla., after a long illness. Jack was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and came to us from Hotchkiss. He was a member of Cap & Gown, manager of 150 lb. football, and an R.O.T.C. graduate.

During WWII, he served in the European theater with the 762 FA Bn, rising to the rank of major. After a career in textiles with Collins & Aikman and Burlington Mills, Jack started the J. A. Cissel Co., an innovative manufacturer of netting for tennis, crops, and wild game bird farms. He was active as director in the movement to Save Barnegat Bay.

Jack had two daughters, Barie Wyman and Katherine Blake, by his first wife, Jean Whittemore. Joan, his wife of 36 years, was with him to the end. The class extends its sincere sympathies to Joan, his daughters, his stepson, Paul Ellis, and his brother, Edward '43. We have lost a friend and a gentleman.

The Class of 1938