John S. Reese IV ’27

John died at age 97 June 26, 2002, in Wilmington, Del. Born in Wilmington, he prepared at Wilmington Friends School and graduated from Princeton with a degree in chemistry. He then went abroad to study chemistry at the U. of Vienna before beginning his graduate research. In 1931 he earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins. After pursuing further research opportunities at the U. of Manchester and MIT, he began working at DuPont as a research chemist in 1935. He worked at DuPont's experimental station until he retired in 1960.

John enjoyed fly-fishing, Alpine skiing, tennis, squash, golf, opera, and bridge. He also enjoyed traveling and was a knowledgeable historian of the Old Swedes Church and the American Civil War period.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann, a daughter, Harriet Reese Jensen, three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a step-great-grandchild. The class extends its condolences to John's family.

The Class of 1927