John C. Christensen ’57

John died of Parkinson’s disease Feb. 16, 2025, near his home in Raleigh, N.C.

He came to Princeton from Prospect Park (Pa.) High School, where he was class president. At Princeton, he majored in mechanical engineering, joined Cannon Club, and played freshman football and varsity baseball. He also worked on the Nassau Herald, was a member of the Glee Club, and worked on the Campus Fund Drive. He roomed with 10 classmates in the “Executive Suite” of Blair Hall.

John worked at Martin (later Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin) on atomic aircraft, which gave him exemption from military service. He then worked at Westinghouse Electric, and finally switched to sales and marketing at IBM, moving his residence many times in the process. During this period, he married Jeanne McCreery, a graduate of Thiel College, and they had four children, Lori, John, Jill, and Tiffany. John and Jeanne were active in church affairs wherever they lived.

In our 50th-reunion yearbook he provided us with many humorous musings, plus notes about raising a chronically ill child. His daughter Tiffany died of cystic fibrosis in 2023. John is survived by his wife of 65 years, Jeanne; their three children; and their families.