John Porter Hine ’61

John died Jan. 9, 2006, in the Weiss Hospice Unit of Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn., six months after the diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor.

The son of the late John P. Hine '36, John was with us through sophomore year. After a stint with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, he completed his education in 1964 at Washington and Jefferson College. He then embarked on a career in admissions and financial aid in higher education, first at Carnegie Mellon University and Carlow College in Pittsburgh, and later at the College of New Rochelle in New York.

John retired to his native Killingworth, Conn., where he was active with the Killingworth Library Association and other civic and philanthropic organizations.

In 1991 John married Joanne Liberatore, who survives him, as do his stepdaughters, Karen and Kristen; and their families, which include two grandchildren; and two brothers.

In our 40th-reunion yearbook, John observed wryly that Princeton "taught me some things about myself, mainly that I had to get more serious about my education and my future." We wish only that we had seen more of him over the years, and we join his family in mourning his passing.

The Class of 1961