John E. Dawson ’50

"Bull" Dawson died on Mar. 23, 1989, at the age of 61. He was known to his Princeton friends as "Bull" (or "Bulldog") because of his tenacious feelings about what he thought was right--family, friends, church, the Princeton Tigers (football, hockey, lacrosse, etc.), and the Boston Red Sox. Bull graduated from Andover and played varsity hockey and 150-lb. football at Princeton. He was a member of Cottage Club.

After graduation, Jack moved from his family's home in Pittsfield, Mass., to Boston, where he worked for Jor¬dan Marsh and then in B.B.D.&O.'s office in Boston. He eventually found his niche at Paine Webber, where for 30-odd years he recommended solid investments for an ever-increasing clientele (among whom he counted sev¬eral classmates). In 1956, he married Elizabeth Brayton. Jack and Liz lived first in Millis, Mass., and then moved to a lovely, old, white house in the countryside near Dover. They also acquired a donkey and a number of different breeds of dogs. Along the way, they produced four fine boys: John, Benjamin '82, Matthew, and Sam (who died tragically in an automobile accident in 1982). Jack was very active in the Dover Church. For years, he was treasurer of the Faulkner Hospital, in Jamaica Plain, and of the Boston Animal Rescue League.

Jack is survived by his widow, Liz; three sons, John E. Jr., Benjamin G. '82, and Matthew; and three grandchil¬dren. Jack thought the world of Princeton and the friends he made there. We thought the world of Jack and will miss him greatly.

The Class of 1950