John Caldwell Meeker ’48

Loyal Princetonian and enthusiastic class member, John Meeker, died at his Winnetka, Ill., home Sept. 4, 1999. He was 73.

A native of Pittsburgh, John joined us from Mineola [N.Y.] H.S. He was in Tiger Inn and prominent on the baseball team. He was an ensign in the Navy from 1944-46 and graduated with highest honors in geology in June 1948.

The oil business drew John to Houston following college. For the next 38 years he served Amoco in various assignments with increased responsibilities. It was while in Houston that he and Withrow were married in Feb. 1951. They raised three daughters. Following moves to Louisiana, the Meekers went to Calgary, Alberta, in 1957. Their final move to Winnetka was in 1973. John was executive v.p. of exploration and production for Amoco when he retired at the end of 1986.

John served on the boards of the Ravinia Festival, Lincoln Park Zoo, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, and the Smithsonian Natl. Museum, among others. He took great delight in patrolling his Jo Daviess County farm atop his quarter horse, Magic. Every weekend it was cowboy hat and boots to check out the cattle and crops.

To his widow, Withrow, and daughters, Elizabeth, Dabney, and Ann, the class extends its sympathy and somehow shares in their loss.

The Class of 1948