John C. L. Black ’63

JACK BLACK, attorney and dedicated outdoorsman, died of heart failure Feb. 19, 1993, in Los Angeles Intl. Airport, after arriving from a business trip to negotiate power plants in Indonesia. Tests revealed heart damage from an earlier virus.

He was VP and general counsel of The Industria Company, the U.S.'s 67th largest construction firm. Jack had lived in Steamboat Springs, Colo., since leaving a Denver law firm in 1974. A vigorous, popular, beloved man, he was heavily involved in the civic affairs of Steamboat. Jack liked everything about snow but shoveling; he worshipped sailing and he detested golf. He loved living in the Rockies, especially when he was snowshoeing, skiing, hiking, and fishing the back country with little Kate. "We had 17 perfect years together," said his widow, Paula.

A friend said at the memorial service that Jack's middle names derived properly from explorers Lewis and Clark: "He was always fascinated by what was on the other side of the mountain or just around the bend."

Jack came to Princeton from Blue Bell, Penn., and Kent School, majored in English and ate at Colonial Club. After college, he was a Navy officer, finishing up on a patrol boat in Vietnam. He took his law tests while in Danang, then went to Cornell and served on the LAW REVIEW.

The Class extends its profound sympathies to Paula; their daughter Kate (11); his son Christopher ("Topher"), a student at St. Lawrence Univ.; his father and mother, John L. Jr'35 and Marty T; and three brothers, Timothy N., Robert R., and Herbert T. The Yampa Valley Foundation (1330 Bob Adams Dr., Steamboat Springs, CO 80477) established a college scholarship in his name for "hardworking, dedicated, normal students based upon their enthusiasm," said Paula.

The Class of 1963