John Edwin Scott ’27
John Edwin Scott died of pneumonia Mar. 6, 1997, in Riverview Hospital of Red Bank, N.J. Coming to us from Curtis H.S. on Staten Island, Scotty was a member of Dial Lodge and roomed with G.W. "Dick" Dixon Jr. in Holder. After graduation, he worked for the Lawyer's Title Co. of NYC as a title searcher. During WWII, he served in the Philippines with the Air Force, as a 1st lieutenant specializing in photography. Thereafter, he became secretary of the Intl. Products Corp., a firm handling chemicals and meatpacking in NYC and Paraguay. He was a member of the Purchasing Agents Assn. and the N.Y. Chamber of Commerce. He retired in 1967.
Scotty married Doris Hall in 1950 and lived in Middletown and, later, Red Bank, N.J., keeping up his ties with Princeton as a member of the Nassau Club, the Princeton Club of N.Y., and the Alumni Assn. of Monmonth and N.E. Ocean Counties.
His sole survivor is Doris, who lives at 88 Berkshire Ct., Red Bank, NJ 07701. To her the class extends its sympathy.
The Class of 1927
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