John Gallagher Farley ’45

John died March 27, 2006.

He entered Princeton from Birmingham University School, following in the footsteps of his father, John Sr. 1908. He was a member of Court Club. He majored in mechanical engineering and joined the Navy V-12 program, which sent him to Cornell in 1943. He then was commissioned from Midshipman School at Columbia in early 1945. He completed his extensive Ivy education by attending the Navy Communication School at Harvard before being assigned to the USS Hornet, where he served as communications officer.

After receiving his degree in 1947, John joined the Alabama Power Co. but was recalled for service in the Korean War, serving as communications officer for the commander of Carrier Division III. After rejoining Alabama Power he became manager of the company's environmental affairs and served on the Alabama Air Pollution Control Commission before his retirement from Alabama Power in 1986.

John married the former Dixie Hayes, who predeceased him in 1998. He is survived by his daughters, Janie Farley Behr and Martha Farley Walker; a stepdaughter, Linda Stanford; his brother, Joseph Farley '49; and five grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to all of the family.