John Frederick Wood ’37

Johnny Wood died July 30, 1995.

At Lawrenceville Johnny was a sports manager, in student government, and a class officer. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Theatre Intime and Cannon Club.

Next, after briefly in the insurance business as an assistant loan manager, he graduated from St. John's Univ. School of Law in 1941. After air-raid-warden duty in N.Y.C., he rose in the Navy from apprentice seaman to quartermaster i/c. After serving on an APD in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific for two and a half years, he rejoined Merchants Fire Assurance of New York as an underwriter. By 1952 he was an attorney with that company, and when it merged into U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co., he went with them as managing attorney and attorney of record in the N.Y.C. office. He retired in 1983.

In Connecticut, he was active in school affairs, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, St. Luke's Church, and summer camp.

He is survived by a son, John Jr., a daughter, Leslie, and five grandchildren.

Our condolences go to the family.

The Class of 1937