John G. Frazer Jr. ’37

John Frazer died at home Feb. 18, 1996, of Parkinson's disease. He had a solid Princeton background with his father, uncles, and cousins-all lawyers, judges, and community leaders of Pittsburgh.

Jack prepared at Shady Side and St. Paul's. He majored in history at Princeton and was awarded the Gale F. Johnston Prize in the School of Public and Intl. Affairs. He was a writer on the Daily Princetonian and a member of Elm Club.

After Harvard Law School and practice with the family firm, he was rejected by the draft board due to bad eyesight, but he volunteered as a private and came out a major. His Army Air Force duties landed him in England before being assigned to legal work in the Pentagon. In 1946 he founded the firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart in Pittsburgh; and he became its counsel in 1982. As one friend put it, Jack was the only lawyer he knew of who could be both tough and a gentleman. He was a trustee and president of numerous civic and philanthropic organizations.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara; his daughters, Eliza Hood and Barbara Frank; and a grandson, Jack. All our sympathies go to the family.

The Class of 1937