Jonathan Tupper Morey ’38

Jonathan died July 8, 1995, in Greensboro, Vt., his summer home, to which he had moved permanently in June 1994, after a lifetime of living in Princeton.

He was educated at Princeton Country Day School and Lawrenceville. He graduated with high honors from Princeton, where he roomed with John Scoon all four years and earned his master's in architecture in 1940.

Jon served as captain in the Army Engineer Corps during WWII and stayed on in the monuments, fine arts, and archives unit, which was engaged in tracking down the many works of art that had been appropriated by the Nazi regime. Returning home in 1946, he began a commuter's routine to practice architecture in N.Y.C. with the firm of LaFarge, Knox, Murphy and Morey. He later practiced in New Jersey. After retiring in 1979, he became a dedicated radio ham, devoting endless hours in contact with others all over the world. he was a member of the Radio Amateur Satellites Corp. and the American Radio Relay Leagues. He received the DXCC Award for these contacts.

Jon is survived by his wife, Susan; children, Jonathan, Sara, and Alexandra; and seven grandchildren, to all of whom we extend our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1938