John M. Powers Jr. ’50

Jack died Jan. 14, 1996, at his home in Radnor, Penn., after a valiant battle with cancer. He would have been pleased by the headline and emphasis of his Philadelphia Inquirer: "J. M Powers Jr. 69, ex-insurer, athlete." Seven paragraphs of the notice were devoted to his instrumental role in Princeton's legendary upset of Penn in 1946. For Jack, there was no other place to go to college.

Jack prepped for Princeton at Lansdowne H.S., where he was an outstanding scholar and athlete, winning the school's top awards for those categories in 1944. He was a corporal in the Army Air Corps from 194446. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Tiger Inn. Jack was best known as a fouryear letterman in football, the second player in the school's history to accomplish this.

After graduation, Jack joined his father in the insurance business in Philadelphia and was involved in many business and civic organizations.

Jack fought declining health with the same determination and resolution that he applied to his many sporting endeavors. He was a loyal classmate and Princetonian.

Jack is survived by his wife of 41 years, Terri; daughters Hollie P. Holt '78 and Leigh P. Middleton; a sister; and three grandchildren. For many people, summers on the Connecticut shores of Long Island Sound will not be the same. The class extends it deepest sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1950