John Giles Whittemore ’50

John "Whit" Whittemore died Jan. 4, 2000, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at his home in Endwell, N.Y. He was 73.

Born in Rome, N.Y., John graduated from Rome Free Academy. He served in the army Medical Corps in Italy from 1944-46.

A member of Terrace Club, he graduated as an engineer in 1950 and then from Syracuse U. in 1952. He was a second lt. in the Army Reserve, having received his commission from Princeton ROTC in 1950.

John worked at the Rome Cable Corp. for eight years as a systems analyst in the electronic data processing department. In 1962 he was employed by IBM Corporation in Endicott, N.Y., as an engineer until he retired in 1988. He was a member of the IBM Quarter Century Club and the Institute of Industrial Engineering.

He was an adjunct teacher at SUNY Binghamton and Broome Community College. In retirement he volunteered at the Anderson Center, First Presbyterian Church in Endicott, and the Tri-Cities Opera. John enjoyed photography, woodworking, trips to Florida in the winter, and to Canada in the summer.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Ethel Claus Whittemore, his sons, J. Bradford, David Giles, and Reid Brenden, his daughter, Diane Elsie Whittemore-Hill, and three grandchildren, to whom the class offers its deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1950