John Robert Murray ’28

JOHN DIED May 7, 1992, in Napa, Calif., after a threeyear illness following a severe stroke. He was born and lived in Kenilworth, a northern suburb of Chicago, and graduated from Chicago Latin School. At Princeton he majored in geology and was a member of Key and Seal Club.

After graduation he started working with Quaker Oats Co. as a country grain elevator helper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was there for eight years, and then transferred to the head office of Quaker Oats in Chicago, becoming manager of the grain department and, later, V.P. of grain and ingredients purchasing. He retired in 1966, after 37 years of service with Quaker oats. He was an officer of the Chicago Board of Trade and chairman of the National Grain Trade Council. During WWII he served on several C.P.A. and O.RS. industry advisory committees.

On Oct. 11, 1930, John married Coralee Whitsett, sister of his classmate Ralph Whitsett. There are two children, James C. II and Joan Webster, and five grandchildren. They lived on a beautiful country estate and 500acre farm West of Chicago near St. Charles and Geneva, with short-horn cattle, grass crops, and feed corn. Farming was John's main hobby, but he also found time for golf, and horseback riding.

Although for many years he was too busy to come east for college reunions, he and Coralee were at both the 50th and 55th reunions at Princeton. After retirement, they lived in Vero Beach, Fla., and Lincoln Me. They had just moved to the Moorings in Na Fla., before a trip to California, when he suffered a stroke. Our sincere sympathy is with Coralee and her family, and with Ralph and Jean Whitsett.

The Class of 1928