John P. McComb Jr. ’45

JOHN MCCOMB died from a stroke on Mar. 1, 1992, at his retirement home in Englewood, Fla. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, he was a most respected attorney and civic minded citizen. At funeral services held in Pittsburgh, attended by classmates Bailey Buchanan, Jack Burchenal, and Tom Nimick, John was buried in his reunion uniform.

John entered Princeton from Mercersburg, lived in hill Dorm, and joined Cap and Gown. After graduating in 1945, he married the former Anne Mercur, and then served as a Marine Corps officer in the Pacific, seeing combat service with the Fifth Fleet. John was recalled for Marine Corps service in the Korean conflict from 1951 to 1953. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1948 and eventually joined the firm of Moorhead & Knox which later merged with the firm Buchanan Ingersoll.

John's community service was outstanding, particularly the healthcare area. As he noted in his 25th Class yearbook, he had two interests outside of the law and his family, as an amateur farmer and a trustee of hospitals. He was an adjunct professor in the Univ. of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and a past president of the Society of Hospital Attorneys of Western Pennsylvania.

In addition to healthcare activities, John was a director and former V.P. of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, a former secretary and director of ACTION Housing, Inc., and a member of many professional organizations in the field of corporate communications. His final achievement was the publication of a book entitled GOVERNING COMMUNITY HOSPITALS.

John is survived by Anne; by daughter Sarah; and by three sons, John Stewart, David F., and Richard B,; as well as by two grandchildren; to all of whom the Class expresses its sympathy.

The Class of 1945