John Joseph Kunkowski ’49

JOHN SUFFERED a sudden heart attack white driving near his home in Cockeysville, Md. and passed away Sept. 24, 1990, at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Born in Baltimore Jan. 22,1927, Johnknown to many of us as "Count'prepared for Princeton at Gilman, where he was active in the debating dub, Christian Assn., dramatics, and as a member of the football, wrestling, and lacrosse teams. John served In the Army Medical Corps from July 1945 to Jan. 1947 in the E.T.O. with the rank of T/3.

At Princeton, John was premed, majored in biology and graduated cum laude. He also studied classical music on the pianoforte, and was a member of Quadrangle Club. John married Lenore Witold of Baltimore in 1948, and over time they had three sons, John Clay, Gregg W., and Grant A. Kunkowski.

Following graduation, and some graduate work at Johns Hopkins Medical School, in 1952 John joined the Davison Chemical Co., which became a division of W. R. Grace & Co. He also acquired a master's degree from Harvard Business School. At Grace, he moved from operations, through technical service, to sales, and was general sales manager of their chemical division at his retirement 11 years ago.

John loved sailing on Chesapeake Bay, and was a member of the Baltimore Yacht Club and the Sue Creek Power Squadron. In addition to his wife and three sons, John is survived by three brothers, Francis, Edmund, and Andrew. Our hearts go out to them all.

The Class of 1949