John Coleman Jr. ’40

A lifelong resident of Chicago and Lake Forest, Ill., Zeke died Jan. 10, 2008.  He prepared at Bell School and The Hill School. At Princeton he majored in psychology, played freshman hockey and baseball, lettered in varsity hockey, and was a member of Ivy Club. After an initial few years in coaching and administration at Lake Forest Academy, he became a partner in the investment firm of Mitchell Hutchins and its successor firm, Paine Webber Mitchell Hutchins. Retiring in 1988, Zeke became a partner in publishing a Washington newsletter, Washington Focus. He was very active in community affairs, serving on the boards of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest Country Day School, Lake Forest Academy, St. Timothy's School, and The Hill School. He was the founder of the Lake Forest Academy Day Camp for Children. He also served on the Princeton Schools and Scholarship Committee. Zeke married Constance McBride in 1949. She predeceased him, as did their son, John. He is survived by sons Tim '74 and Jesse; daughters, Susan Greenwood and Constance Coleman '82; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. His classmates offer their sincere sympathies to all the family.