John Williams Galbraith ’44

JOHN DIED June 23, 1993, at the Kim ball Medical Center in Lakewood, N.J. He suffered a severe stroke in 1971, which hospitalized him for two years and left him with partial paralysis to his left side. He had made a courageous effort of rehabilitation, regaining mobility to a point where he could manage with a cane. John arrived at Princeton with the large Lawrenceville contingent that year. He roomed with J. Dudley, Mel Eaton, Jack Lawrence, Bill Keenan, and Bill Iszard. He majored in engineering; his Club was Cannon. John withdrew in early 1942 to enter the navy air corps. He earned his pilot wings, married, and saw three and a half years of service in flight instruction and West Coast operations. Flying would become a lifelong love affair. He returned to earn his engineering degree and then went to work for AnheuserBusch as an assistant brewmaster in St. Louis. He moved to the brewery in Newark, N.J., rising to plant manager. In 1967, he retired and returned to aviation as director of sales at the Linden, N.J., airport. Divorced, and following his stroke, he married Jessie Mason in 1973. Despite his physical restrictions, they had a happy life. John centered his attentions on his family and eight grandchildren. To Jessie, daughter Kathryne Clark, sons John and Scott, and stepchildren Dennis Kaiser and Wendy Zurstadt, we send our deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1944