Jon B. Latson ’73

Jon died Oct. 17, 2024, after a battle with bladder cancer.

Raised in Silver Spring, Md., Jon attended the Landon School, where he played football, sang with the Clef Dwellers, and wrote for the literary magazine. He originally planned to major in physics at Princeton. After discovering the creative writing program, however, he changed to a major in English. He sang with the Tigertones and dined independently. He was known for his one-man campus concerts, as well as for flying his radio-controlled plane in Blair Courtyard. He left Princeton with a bachelor’s degree in English. He later received a master’s degree from Tulane University.

These degrees prepared Jon for a career in education as a school principal. Later, his desire to educate and touch lives on a more direct level led him to teach computer studies in the classroom. After many years in the field of education and beginning to experience health issues, he stepped away from the classroom, and founded JBL Solutions, where he worked as a database consultant.

Jon and his wife, Jane, retired to Statesboro, Ga., where he found joy in woodworking and was active in his Christian faith at the New Covenant Church.

Jon is survived by his wife, five children, three stepchildren, and nine grandchildren, his sister Lynn, and his brother Peter. The class sends its condolences.