John Dwight Leggett Jr. ’28

Jack Leggett died Sept. 27, 1995. He was v.p. of the class at the time of his death. He had been active throughout his life in Princeton affairs until declining health prevented his attending many events. He probably had an unsurpassed record for attendance at YalePrinceton football games

Jack prepared at Hotchkiss. At Princeton he majored in history and was a member of Tower Club.

He went on to Harvard law school earning his law degree in 1931. He was in the firm of Hughes, Shurman and Dwight, and several successors. He was in the Air Force in WWII, served as an intelligence officer in England with the 8th Air Force, and was involved in the invasion of Normandy in 1945. He received the award of American Legion of Merit and the Croix de Guerre and was separated in 1945 as a lt. col.

In 1953 Jack became v.p. and was later president and vicechairman of Church and Dwight Co. He retired in 1971 but continued as a director until 1984.

In Apr. 1936 he married Barbara Strong; they had a son, John D. III '63, and two daughters, Nancy Patarys and Elizabeth Williams. He later married Catherine "Skip" O'Connell and is survived by her, the three children, six grandchildren, and four great

grandchildren.

The sympathy of the class is extended to Skip and the children.

The Class of 1928