John Pryor Furman ’42

Jack died Apr. 13, 1999, in a nursing home near Washington, D.C., after a long illness. He retired in 1988 from his own law practice after a varied, distinguished career in the law.

Jack prepared at Andover, majored in the SPIA, graduated with highest honors, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a member of Elm Club. During the war he worked for the government, in Washington, in the Office of Price Administration and the Office of Dependency Benefits. In 1946 he earned his LLD from Yale, in two years. Returning to Washington, he worked for the State Dept. as an attorney/economist, which took him to Berlin during the blockade. He was involved in the Austrian treaty and the postwar settlement with Germany. Before starting his own practice, he spent several more years with the State Dept. and was general manager of Foster Associates (consulting economist attorneys), after earning an MA in economics at American U.

Jack was predeceased by his wife, Eenie, and is survived by his daughters, Nancy and Dale, to whom the class offers its sincere condolences.

The Class of 1942