Born in New York City, he came to Princeton via Deerfield, preceded by his father, William 1924, and his brother William Jr. ’56. A multi-talented athlete, Hub played football, hockey, and lacrosse at Deerfield and freshman football, hockey, and varsity lacrosse at Princeton. His major was English, his club Ivy.
When the wordsmiths coined the word “peripatetic” they had Hub in mind. After Princeton he taught for two years at Taft, started the school’s first lacrosse program, and spent his summers in Africa as an area representative for Operation Crossroads. This led to working in New York City for two years as Crossroads’ director of information and marrying Elizabeth Wolfe in 1963, after which he returned to academia to teach English at Choate and earn an MLS degree at Wesleyan.
In 1973 the Hubbells moved to Francestown, N.H., where John was admissions director at Dublin School, then to a position with New England Business Services in Groton, Mass., and teaching and coaching roles at Shore Country Day and Beaver Country Day. A stopover to teach and coach at New Jersey’s Saddle River Day School was the penultimate waypoint leading to semi-retirement as a host at Asheville’s Biltmore Estate. To this add travel to Alaska, Hawaii, numerous other states and territories, and more than 20 countries.
John is survived by Elizabeth, two sons, and several grandchildren. We have sent condolences.