John W. Scully ’52

John, whose father, John, was in the Class of 1917, came to us from Trinity School in New York. He joined Cap and Gown and was race committee chairman and commodore of the Princeton Yacht Club.

John and his wife, the former Suzanne Marechal, lived in Rye, N.Y., and had five children, Christopher, Cynthia, John, Katherine, and Susan. He worked for 40 years with New England Financial, specializing in the design of retirement plans.

Off the job he continued his undergraduate interest in yachting as a member of the American Yacht Club in Rye and The Moorings Club and Quail Valley River Club in Vero Beach, Fla,, where the couple recently made their home.

John died of prostate cancer Sept. 7, 2012. The class offers condolences to Suzanne; their children; and John’s brothers, Thomas ’60 and William.