John William Strohecker ’40

Bill died Jan. 17, 2002, in Oak Ridge, Tenn., his beloved home since graduation. He prepared at Bethlehem [Pa.] HS, following his grandfather (1893) to Princeton.

He majored in chemical engineering, graduating with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa. Bill was a member of the band, various campus agencies, and Campus Club. He was awarded his doctorate in chemical engineering from Cornell U. in 1944.

While completing his PhD, he was recruited by the US government to work on the Manhattan Project. For the next 40 years, Bill was the major contributor to or consultant for every "impossible" project at the Oak Ridge U-235 separation unit. After he retired in 1984, Bill devoted himself to his family, his garden, and to family genealogy.

Bill is survived by his wife, Frances, two sons, John and James, his daughter, Karen Skellie, his brother, James '52, two sisters, Betty de Jongh and Jean Metzger, and three grandchildren. To them his classmates extend their sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1940