He prepared at Pontiac (Mich.) High School. At Princeton, he majored in geological engineering, was president of Tiger Inn, played varsity football and rugby, and was active in the Aquinas Society. His classmates voted him as the “most likely to be a great husband,” an assessment that his wife, Sally, later endorsed.
After Princeton, Jack was commissioned in the Navy, serving on active duty until 1958 and in the Navy Reserve until 1967. While in the Navy he took correspondence courses for an MBA from the University of Michigan that he completed in 1959.
Jack joined the National Bank of Detroit in 1959, retiring in 1996 as first vice president. He married Sally Chenevert in 1964. Their sons James ’87 and Thomas ’90, as well as grandsons Tom ’24 and Billy ’25 followed in his footsteps onto Princeton’s athletic fields.
Jack served his community, faith, and church in official capacities for numerous charitable organizations and as a devoted caretaker to Sally in her later years. He enjoyed time with his children and grandchildren, reading, a good bottle of wine, summer trips across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and watching the Detroit Red Wings and Tigers.
Sally preceded him in death on Good Friday 2020. He is survived by their sons James, Patrick, and Thomas; daughter Mary Beth; and 11 grandchildren.