John D. Lavagnino ’59

John died in California on May 6, 1996. We learned of his death from the Social Security Death Index. His last known residence was LA.

John was born in Pasadena, and attended the Desert Sun School in Idyllwild, Calif. At Princeton he managed the soccer team and leaned toward a major in history, but left midway through sophomore year. He returned to graduate with the Class of '61.

According to our 10th reunion yearbook, John spent his first two years after graduation teaching at the Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, where he also coached the varsity soccer team. From there he moved to the Polytechnic School, coaching championship soccer teams in 1964 and 1965, and serving as president of the Southern California Independent Soccer League from 1964-66. He then produced two films on soccer, and established a film production company, Soccer USA.

We lost track of John in 1976, and regret that we cannot write further of his accomplishments from that time to his death.

The Class of 1959