John Hillyer Palmer ’34

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Jack, who as class president from 1984-89, created our Special Assistance Fund (SAF) for undergraduates and made it the hallmark of his presidency, died April 6, 2005. He was 91. He had been a resident of Heritage Village, Southbury, Conn., since 2000.

From 1974-79, Jack was our vice president for Annual Giving and set a 45th reunion AG record hailed by the AG chairman as "a giant leap over the previous record by the Class of '27." The class presented Jack a certificate for "distinguished service."

In our class directory for our 50th reunion, of which Jack was chairman, he wrote: "For practically all of my business career I have been engaged in buying, selling, and marketing consumer products. In the last 10 years I have been engaged in the management of small advertising agencies. I believe that one of the best experiences of my life has been the Class of 1934."

Jack's first wife, Isabel Lloyd, known to all as "Auntie Mame," died in 1984. He then married Sally Compton West, who died in 2004. Jack had no children. A classmate Jack had thanked for an AG contribution wrote, "It's you who deserves the thanks from me and from all the class for putting out this sort of effort, above and beyond the call."

The Class of 1934

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