John H. MacFadyen ’46 *49

John MacFadyen died Feb. 18, 2000, in Damariscotta, Maine, near the village of Head Tide, where he and his wife, Mary-Esther, made their home. The cause of death was pneumonia, but his health failed for some years, particularly after his wife's death in 1977.

John came to Princeton from Duluth in the "accelerated" summer of 1942. Gifted in music and arts, he contributed songs to Triangle, including, "As I Remember You," long a Nassoons' favorite. John was the life of any party with a piano. Remembered was his rendition of "Shine, Little Glow Worm," played upside down from under the piano.

After US Army service in Japan, he returned to Princeton for a master's of fine arts in architecture. In the NYC firm, Harrison & Abramowitz, he designed a main United Nations building. John received the Rome Prize in architecture, and, newly wed to Mary-Esther Edge, spent 1952-53 at Rome's American Academy.

His private architectural practice, noted especially for the design of the Wolf Trap Center for the Arts outside Washington, was interrupted by his service, during the 1960's, under Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, as executive director of the first state arts council.

The class joins his children, Camilla, Luke, William, and John and three grandchildren in mourning the loss of one of our most unforgettable members.

The Class of 1946