John S. Thompson ’27 *28

John S. Thompson died Nov. 30, 1996, at Waverley Heights Retirement Center in Gladwyne, Pa.

Tommy came to us from South Side H.S. After graduating with a BS in engineering, he received a degree in chemical engineering from Princeton. He spent his entire active business life with Sun Oil Co. He retired in 1971 as superintendent of its oil refinery at Marcus Hook, Pa., on the Delaware River. He was instrumental in developing the Hondry process for making jet fuel which played a major role for the U.S. during WWII.

He married Ruth Dutton in 1933. She died in 1994, leaving a son, John Jr. '56, a daughter, Marianne Burt, four grandsons, and two great-grandchildren. A grandson, Michael, graduated from Princeton in 1988. To them the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1927