John Donald Durand ’33

Don died Dec. 7, 2005, in Clemson, S.C.

Don, a Washington, D.C., attorney, was an honors graduate of Walnut Hills Classical High School in Cincinnati. After graduating from Princeton he earned a law degree from the University of Cincinnati. At Princeton, Don held a War Memorial Prize Scholarship, sang in the Glee Club, and received honors in political science. At law school, Don was an associate editor of the Cincinnati Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif, among other honors.

In 1937, Don became a trial attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington. From 1944 to 1961, he was secretary and assistant general counsel for the Transport Association. From 1961 to 1963, Don was executive director of the Committee of American Steamship Lines. He also joined the Aerospace Industries Association of America. Don's final position prior to retirement in 1980 was as the executive director of the American Association of Oil Pipelines.

Don married Mary Elizabeth Liggett, and they had two daughters, Nancy, now deceased, and Julie. Nancy was the mother of Everett James Tibbs III and Michael Durand Tibbs, Don's beloved grandsons. Michael and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Elizabeth and Catherine. James is married to Maryellen, and Julie to Lynn Craig.

The Class of 1933