John Reinhart Bennet ’30

Less than a month after enjoying the class's 69th reunion, Jack Bennet died painlessly of a swift lung cancer on June 26, 1999.

Jack came to Princeton with a sizable Taft contingent. Jack majored in economics, lettered in wrestling, and belonged to Tower Club. His "personal best" was dancing in The Golden Dog, which opened McCarter Theater in 1929.

Jack followed four generations into the investment business and was one of the earliest members of the Society of Chartered Financial Analysts.

He married Silvia Strong in Sept. 1941 and during the war served in the Office of Strategic Services. During postwar life in Westchester County, N.Y., he developed his abiding interest in nature and conservation.

In 1968 began nine happy years in Princeton, where he found his third great interest through the Friends of Foreign Students. The Bennet house was open to foreign graduate and undergraduate students from all continents. He continued this activity in San Francisco and Cambridge, punctuated by VW camper trips across the U.S. and travel to many foreign countries. He and Silvia pursued their activities and community affiliations with tremendous energy. To Silvia, his daughter Helena, and his son David, the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1930