John C. Sapoch ’58

Jack died Jan. 13, 2017, in Los Angeles.

He came to Princeton from Allentown (Pa.) High School. At Princeton, he was captain of the 1957 football team and was awarded the John Prentiss Poe Award, the highest award given to a Princeton football player. Jack was also named to the All-Ivy and All-East first teams. He turned down an offer from Vince Lombardi to play for the Green Bay Packers. Jack was a psychology major, a chapel deacon, and a member of Ivy. His senior-year roommates were McCaul, Kern, Dickey, and De Spoelberch.

Jack earned an MBA from the Wharton School. He served the class as president, vice president, and was a member of the Maclean Society.

In 1966, Jack joined the J.P. Cleaver Co., a management-consulting firm in Princeton. In 1978, he became CEO of Princeton-Pacific, where he became an authority on transportation management. Jack spent the last 40 years of his life in Southern California married to Ava. Their home was always open to an ever-growing community of friends and colleagues.

Jack is survived by his wife, Ava; sons John and Bill (from his first marriage to Betty); stepsons Wyatt ’99 and William; and six grandchildren. The class extends its sincere condolences to them all.