John Gordon Flinn ’49

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John became a "missing" member of our class back in 1969. We and the university have received word from dedicated "missing" Princetonian tracker Lee Gould '38 (who used Social Security records in his work), that John died in NYC in Mar. 1987. No further information is available.

John prepared at Lawrenceville. A handsome young man who bore a striking resemblance to the famous actor, he was given the nickname Errol by his friends. He served in the Navy prior to coming to Princeton, where he majored in biology and belonged to Cannon Club. He withdrew from the university in Jan. 1948 and subsequently lived in Ogdensburg, N.J. His last known business affiliation, as of 1969, was with Seeman Brothers in Carlstadt, N.J.

We extend to any and all of his surviving family members our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1949

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