John Edward McCracken ’36

John died Nov. 3, 2001, in NYC. He was the son of Charles P. McCracken 1902. He prepared at Blair Academy and at Princeton majored in political science. In 1939 he received his law degree from Yale. During his legal career he was a member of the N.Y. and D.C. Bar Assns. He was an antitrust lawyer with the Dept. of Justice, a senior attorney for Mobil Oil, resident counsel of the Church Pension Fund of the Episcopal Church, a member of the arbitration panel of the N.Y. Stock Exchange, a former deacon of the Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church, and a consultant for Phillips Intl. Art Auctioneers.

During WWII he served at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay and in New Caledonia. He retired in 1945 with the rank of lieutenant. His hobbies included stamps, antiques, and travel, plus a 50-year membership in the Amateur Comedy Club.

John is survived by his wife, Jeanne MacPherson Smith, whom he married in 1974, and his son David. John and Jeanne attended many of our class reunions.

The Class of 1936