John H. Rae Jr. ’49

John Rae died Feb. 3, 2014, at home in Rochester, N.Y. He was just three months short of his 87th birthday.

John served in the Merchant Marines before entering Princeton. He majored in
chemistry and was a member of Ivy. After graduation, he worked for several years in direct sales for Gulf Oil Co., but then returned to Rochester
to work for the family firm, J.H. Rae Oil Co. When his father died in
1958, John and his brother, Bob, assumed responsibility for managing the firm, where John remained as president until his retirement in 2011.

John loved to play golf, fish, sail, ski, listen to jazz, play the piano, and relax and
swim on Canandaigua Lake. His family requested that any memorial
contributions be made to the Nature Conservancy in Rochester.

His wife, Frances Clarke Rae,
survives him, as do his daughters, Susan, Robin, Sara, and Katherine; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. The class offers its condolences to them all.