John Oliver Gauthier ’52

John died April 23, 2017.

He graduated from Iron Mountain (Mich.) High School, where he excelled at sports, winning the award for Best All-Around Athlete and a football trophy for most valuable player. He was also elected class president. He went on to Admiral Farragut Academy before coming to Princeton.

On campus he was on the freshman council, majored in politics, joined Dial Lodge and the Catholic Club, was in NROTC, worked as gateman in the Campus Center all four years, and was the manager of the student news agency.

After graduation he served in the Navy for 25 years and worked in defense industries for a number of years, then took a job as office manager for a law firm. In retirement he volunteered with Ecumenical Community Helping Others, an interest of his wife, Patricia, in their town of Springfield, Va. Along the way he earned a master’s degree in public administration at the University of Oklahoma in 1971.

He is survived by Patricia and their children, John, Michael, Therese, and Daniel. To them the class sends good wishes, with a salute to their husband and father for his exceptional military service to our nation.