John Gordon Hopper ’61

John "Jack" Hopper died Sept. 26, 2007, of congestive heart failure at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Va.  Jack entered Princeton from LaGrange (Ga.) High School. At Princeton, he majored in politics, was a member of Quadrangle Club, and roomed in Patton Hall with Marty Watson and Jay Webster. After earning a master's in education at Temple University, Jack was vice president of Independent Educational Services in Princeton, and later became director of the Kingsbury Center in Washington, D.C. In 1972, he retired from that position on disability, having suffered an incapacitating brain injury. In 1974 he became a resident of the Innisfree Village in Crozel, Va., for brain-injured adults. He later relocated to the Building a Bridge Foundation in Charlottesville, within easy reach of his wife and children in Washington. John fought with courage and resolute strength to maintain and enjoy the best life he could, despite the assaults of fate.  Through it all he was supported and is survived by his wife, Ethna Brennan Hopper; his daughter, Ailish Hopper Meisner '91; and his son Jasper Hopper. The class extends its deep sympathy to them all.