John Hardwick Ransom ’49

Jack, son of the late Julius Chalmers Ransom '20, died May 24, 1997.

He came to Princeton from Exeter in 1945, but was drafted into the service for two and a half years. By then he was married and attending the U. of California, where he earned a BS in finance and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Jack was an auditor for Cutter Laboratories, then did product development for Moore Business Forms in Niagara Falls, N.Y. In 1954 he moved to Erie, Pa., and founded Integrated Data Processing with his uncle, Chuck Reed '34.

In 1956 Jack married Jeanne Ryan, acquiring her daughter Susan as a stepdaughter -- their own children, Cynthia and Jean, followed. Jack became an executive of Litton Industries' Business Machines Group, but by 1969 he was president of MIS, Inc. He married Lisa, with whom he had a daughter, Julie, in addition to her six children. He was named president of the Financial Statement Division of Touchette Corp., and in 1992 retired and moved to Deltona, Fla. His wife predeceased him.

We remember Jack's wit and his original, creative mind. He is survived by the above-named daughters, six stepchildren, seven grandchildren, and his brother, Peter '54. We extend sincere sympathy to them all.

The Class of 1949