John Leisenring Kemmerer Jr. ’33

John died Nov. 14, 2002, in Overlook Hospital, in Summit, N.J. He was 91.

John was a Princetonian through and through. He was unusually supportive of '33 and the university. He earned a master's from the U. of Utah and served in the Army during WWII.

He and his father and grandfather before him were coal miners, successively CEOs of the Kemmerer Coal Co. in Kemmerer, Wyo. After selling the company to Gulf, he established a foundation for the benefit of the town of Kemmerer, which his grandfather founded.

He created a scholarship endowment for top graduates from the Kemmerer, Diamondville, and Cokeville, Wyo.-area high schools to attend the U. of Wyoming.

John lived in Short Hills, N.J., until a recent move to Basking Ridge. He participated in many civic activities and was a member of the boards of numerous businesses related to mining and fuel. We will miss John and Mary Liz (who died several months before he did) very much at our gatherings. They always added a great deal.

John is survived by two daughters, Connie and Betty Gray, son John III, and six grandchildren. To them, the class extends its great sympathy.

The Class of 1933