He prepped at the Collegiate School in Manhattan. As an undergraduate he combined a history major with four years of NROTC. Outside the classroom he was president of the Intramural Athletic Association and was on the Undergraduate Council. He played baseball for several years and belonged to Dial Lodge.
After graduation John served in the Persian Gulf during the Korean War, sailing on the USS Greenwich Bay. He had risen to the rank of lieutenant commander by the time he retired from the Naval Reserve. After earning a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956, he worked in New York City for several years. He then formed his own law firm in Pound Ridge, N.Y. He retired to Tolland in 1990.
Besides his law practice, he was a justice of the peace in Pound Ridge and secretary of the Retired Officers Association of Rhode Island. An enthusiastic, lifelong sportsman, John will long be remembered as a caring and supportive coach by the many youth on the basketball and Little League teams that he led over the years.
John is survived by his wife of 58 years, Dolores; sons John ’82 and James; and daughter Carolyn.