John Hamill Hendrickson ’44

John died at his home in Swarthmore, Pa., on Mar. 13, 2000. He attended the Lawrenceville School, where his father, Robert S. Hendrickson '13, was a master of Latin. John's brother, Robert Jr. '39, also attended Princeton.

At Princeton he majored in humanities and classics, winning the Stinnecke Prize Scholarship during his sophomore year. He was a member of the Westminster Society, serving as its v.p., and of Cloister Inn. He left Princeton in Jan. 1943 to serve in the Ambulance Corps of the American Field Service during WWII.

John received a master's of divinity from Union Theological Seminary in 1948, and served United Presbyterian parishes in New Hampshire and New York until 1961, when he became director of continuing education for Auburn Seminary and taught practical theology at Union Seminary in NYC. In 1980 he became executive presbyter of the Great River Presbytery in West Central Illinois. He retired in 1989 and moved to Swarthmore, spending summers at a home on the shore of Lake Champlain, Vt. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Betty, and daughters, Mary and Nancy '82, as well as son Robert. He was predeceased by a son, Peter '74. We join the family in mourning his loss.

The Class of 1944