John Stokes Dunhill ’41

Johnny died May 15, 2006.

Born in Toronto, he prepared at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill. At Princeton he majored in classics, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated with honors. He worked on Triangle Club’s stage crew and was a member of Court Club.

Immediately after graduation, Johnny joined Harris Trust Co. in Chicago, but left to enter the Army in August 1942. His basic training was with the Armored Force in Fort Knox before going to OCS.

Because he was totally deaf in one ear, Johnny was classified for limited service. He spent three years in the South with Italian and German POWs, ending as a first lieutenant in command of a side camp working POWs on farms.

Johnny then returned to Harris Trust, first in the accounting department, until 1951, when he was made an administrative officer handling personal trust accounts. He was elected assistant secretary in 1953, assistant vice president in 1962, and vice president in 1965. He retired in 1980.

Johnny loved to travel and took his month’s vacation every year to go abroad. He never married and left no survivors.