John B. Corser Jr. ’27 *30

Jack was born in Scranton, Pa., the son of John Bliss Corser 1896. He died in his sleep on Mar. 19, 2000. Jack prepared at Scranton Central High, where he was a member of the swimming team. At Princeton he played water polo and was on the varsity swimming squad. He was also on the 150-pound crew and active on the art board of Tiger and in Whig Hall. He was a member of Cloister Inn. He roomed with Chaunce Keller for four years.

Jack earned his MFA in architecture from Princeton, and his early career involved the design of prefabricated houses. After service in the armed forces in both the European and Asian Pacific theaters during WWII, he returned to the architecture firm of Holden, Egan, Wilson and Corser (later Holden, Yang, Rarmsch, and Corser), with which he had been associated since 1931. He retired in 1972, and he and his wife, Maude, retired to New Hampshire, where Jack served three two-year terms in the state legislature and continued to pursue his interests in obedience training of dogs, hiking, and extensive travel.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to Maude, Jack's wife of 62 years.

The Class of 1927