John Greenleaf Owen ’40

Mush died Feb. 7, 2002, at his home in Phoenix, Ariz.; he was 82. He was born in Eau Claire, Wis., and attended the Hotchkiss School. At Princeton he majored in psychology, played freshman hockey, and was a member of the Orange Key, the Manager's Club, the Undergraduate Council, the Triangle Club, and Cottage Club. Mush roomed with Reese all four years; the last two with Cerf, Dickey, B. Jones, Neumann, and Hazelhurst.

He served as a captain in the Army Air Corps during WWII. In 1950 he moved to Phoenix and started a successful 35-year career as an account executive with Merrill Lynch; he retired as partner in 1985. After retiring, he was a volunteer arbitrator in the National Assn. of Securities Dealers Arbitration Program. Over the last 10 years of his life, Mush faced a series of medical crises with unflagging stoicism and grace, always thinking of his family first.

His classmates extend their most sincere condolences to his wife of 57 years, Hope; his children, Tim, Debbie, and John Jr.; and grandchildren, Daniel and Jamie.

The Class of 1940