John S. Hegeman ’45

Dr. John S. Hegeman died Mar. 3, 1998, in Bradenton, Fla., from complications associated with Parkinson's disease. John entered Princeton with the large contingent from Lawrenceville, son of Runkle Hegeman '06. He was a member of Cap and Gown. His Princeton education was interrupted at the end of his freshman year with service in the Marine Air Corps as a transport pilot in the Pacific, flying with the Air Group 25 in New Caledonia and Bougainville. He returned to Princeton at the end of the war and graduated magna cum laude in psychology in 1947.

John attended Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1951. While in medical school he married Jean Rogan in 1949. After internship and residency, he established a surgical practice in Somerville, N.J. He practiced at Somerset Medical Center until he retired in 1977. In later years John married Grace Zeng and moved to Florida. He is survived by his children John, Thomas, and Patricia, to whom the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1945