John M. Nuzum ’62

Nuz died June 21, 2016, after a brief illness that was difficult to treat.

Nuz graduated from Sherwood (Wis.) High School, where he was senior class president, using the slogan, “Don’t be choosey, vote for Nuzy!” He applied to Princeton without telling his parents. A member of Quadrangle, he majored in economics and played clarinet in the marching and concert bands. He recently endowed a band scholarship.

After earning an MBA from Wharton, he worked for Chase for 40 years, becoming a senior vice president and confidante and friend of David Rockefeller.

A regular at basketball and football games, he was a 50-year member of the class memorial scholarship committee, hosting meetings in his Brooklyn home. In 1967, he married “Bonnie” Bolway. They had two children and adopted two children from Korea. They divorced in 1998.

He loved visiting his Adirondack, N.Y., home, “Big Shanty.” Recently he was a companion of Peter Tisne’s widow, Jean, and they traveled a lot together. John was on the NYU Lutheran Medical Center and Adirondack Architectural Heritage boards.

His kindness for all and his gentle, whimsical smile were admirable traits. Our class conveys its sympathies to his children Kim, Courtney, Jonathan, and Leah; and to Bonnie and Jean.