John M. Brotherton ’50

John died peacefully Jan. 26, 2017. He was a longtime resident of Mahwah, N.J.

He came to Princeton from Morristown (N.J.) High School. He majored in economics and was a member of Key and Seal.

After a short time in the Marines he went to work for Exxon in 1952 and stayed there until early retirement in 1987. He then served for many years on the Mahwah planning board, housing commission, and environmental commission.

As a lifetime environmentalist, he was president of the Fyke Nature Association and a member of the New Jersey Audubon Society. He was an avid bird-watcher who shared traveling and birding with his late wife, Patricia, whom he had married in 1954. He especially enjoyed spending time at Celery Farm, a nature sanctuary in northern New Jersey, and on the shores of Cape May.

John is survived by children Tom ’82 and Susan, a sister, and two grandchildren.