John Hurt Nicholson ’45

JOHN NICHOLSON died Mar. 27, 1992, at his home in Atlanta, after a long bout with cancer. He entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest, following in the footsteps of his brother C. B. H. '42. John was a natural athlete. At Princeton he was a member of the fencing and crew teams and also engaged in swimming, track, and tennis. He was a member of Campus Club and roomed with Carlton McKenney. He graduated from Princeton with a B.S.E. in aeronautical engineering in 1944 and served as a technical sergeant flying in B29s in the 20th Air Force's 15th Bomber Wing, stationed in Guam and Saipan.

After finishing his military service, John spent his life-time as an official of the CocaCola Co., starting in 1947 with the CocaCola Export Corp., With which he held various marketing and administrative positions in Germany, Austria, Hawaii, and Japan. He returned to the U.S. in 1953 and became personnel manager of Coca-Cola in 1961, assuming other positions with that organization until his retirement in 1979.

John married Charlotte Louise Johnson in 1954, and after her death in 1979, he married Jane Anne Lydon Hughes, who survives him. In addition to his widow, John is survived by his sons Robert Burke, and William Charles, John Harman; three stepsons, Thomas Richard Hughes Jeffery Richard Hughes, and James Richard Hughes; two brothers, Hammond B. Jr. and Charles B. H.; two sisters Martha Carolyn Nicholson Worley and Lucia Harman Nicholson Lines; four grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren. TO all of them, the Class expresses its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1945