John Weldon York ’46

John York died Sept. 5, 2007, following a long illness.

He was educated at the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia, the Buckley School in New York City, and St. George's School in Newport, R.I. He came to Princeton in June 1942 and enlisted in the Air Force the following January, where he served until December 1945. From 1949 to 1954 he was employed by Drexel & Co., and in 1954 joined Western Saving Fund Society, where he advanced to senior vice president and stayed until his retirement in 1981.

John was chairman of the board of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Zoo, and a trustee of the Theodore Presser Foundation. Upon his retirement, John moved the family to their summer residence in Prouts Neck, Maine.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, the former Eleanor Rulon-Miller; two children, John W. Jr. and Eleanor Tricarico; and five grandchildren. To them all, the class extends its sincere sympathy.