John Paul Corcoran Jr. ’38

John "Cork" Corcoran died Feb. 3, 1999, in Tampa, Fla., his residence since 1959. Corky was a native of Rhinebeck, N.Y., and attended Rhinebeck H.S., where he was on the basketball and tennis teams. At Princeton, he majored in economics and graduated magna cum laude; he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and belonged to Gateway Club. Thereafter he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1941 and began his legal career in NYC.

During WWII, he served as a naval officer in the Pacific for four years. In 1947 he moved to Miami and then in 1950 to Tampa, where he continued his law practice until his retirement in 1994. He was a member of the Palma Ceia Kiwanis and the Tampa Yacht and Country Club. He was a past president of the Hillsborough County Easter Seal Society. Corky's wife predeceased him. He is survived by three children, Stephen J., David L., and Gail C. Freundt, two grandchildren, and two sisters, Elizabeth C. Bear and Patricia C. Wright. The class extends its deep sympathy to all the family.

The Class of 1938