John Wahl Queen III ’26

Johnny died Apr. 6, 2004, at his winter home in Naples, Fla. He was 98.

Born in Jersey City, N.J., his career in the steel industry spanned many years, and he retired in 1967 as the national vice president of Ryerson Steel, based in Chicago. He was an expert bridge player who loved card games, as well as an avid saltwater fisherman and boater. He also was an enthusiastic member of the class and regularly attended reunions at Princeton and in Naples. A summer resident of Cape Cod until his retirement, Johnny later lived there full-time before sharing his year between Marstons Mills on the Cape and Naples. He was buried on Cape Cod at the site where his wife, Betty Ebert, was interred in 1985.

Johnny is survived by a son, John W. IV; a daughter, Betsy Hines; three granddaughters; and five great-grandchildren. His father, John W. Queen II, was a member of the Class of 1887 and, according to John IV, Princeton's first Phi Beta Kappa. John II taught Latin and Greek at Princeton, and later became a judge.

The Class of 1926