John E. Hardaway ’59 *63

John died peacefully Dec. 24, 2018, near his Boulder-area home after four years of declining health.

John came to Princeton from Lower Merion (Pa.) Senior High School, and plunged into an impressive list of extracurricular activities despite the course load of his geological engineering major. Among them were serving on the Sophomore Bicker Committee, the Undergraduate Council, and as a Keycepter, a Chapel deacon, a student aid manager, Junior Prom manager, and in Triangle Club. Somehow, he found time to eat at Cannon. His roommates were Bob Hicks, Dick Orth, Don Chubb, Bill Macaleer, Gene Dickason, Don Lawson, and Larry McAtee.

After graduation and a two-year stint in Germany in an Army combat engineer battalion, John returned to Princeton for a master’s degree, where he met and married Ann Tilson, a librarian on campus. He then embarked on a 55-year career as a mining engineer and environmental consultant based in Colorado. He stayed in shape for his often-rigorous outdoors work with distance running in his 40s, and then bicycling in his 70s, logging 10 miles a day in all weathers.

John, a widower since 1995, is survived by two sons, John and James; and four grandchildren.