John R. Bermingham ’47

John died Sept. 21, 2014, in New Canaan, Conn. He was 88 years old.

John was born in Oyster Bay, N.Y., where his parents were friends of Teddy Roosevelt’s family. He graduated from Mattituck High School in 1942, enlisted in the Navy, and was sent to Cornell as a part of its naval-intelligence program.

He went on to serve in the South Pacific aboard the USS Essex. Discharged in 1948, he matriculated at Princeton and chose to affiliate with the Class of 1947.

John was a member of Dial Lodge. He majored in geology and roomed with Mark Bollman and Tom Birmingham. John married his college sweetheart, Janet Maul, in April 1950.

His career followed the growing use of computers in business and finance; first with Irving Trust, and then at the New York Stock Exchange, where he established information-technology systems.

John and Janet were regular attendees at Reunions. He served on the class executive committee from 2006 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2014. He was our class memorialist from 2011 to 2014.

He and Janet were married for 64 years and had three children: Leslie, John Jr., and Geoffrey. In addition to Janet and his children, five grandchildren survive him.