John Hawes Jr. ’32

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Jack Hawes died March 14, 2006. He was 95.

He prepared at the Loomis School and graduated from Princeton in 1932. During his last three years he roomed with Henry Whitson. Jack was a foreign-exchange trader with Bankers Trust Co. in New York for many years before he retired in 1976.

He was an elder of the Community Church of Glen Rock, N.J., Friday chairman of Meals on Wheels, a Navy veteran, and an ardent vegetable gardener.

Jack is survived by his wife of 70 years, Judy Mays Hawes; a son, John; a daughter, Amanda; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren, to all of whom the class sends sincere condolences.

The Class of 1932

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