Joseph C. Buck ’45

Joe Buck died Nov. 19, 2012, in his home in Elmira, N.Y.

He entered Princeton from Millbrook School, following in the footsteps of his father, Joseph W. Buck 1913, and brother George ’44. At Princeton, he joined Dial Lodge but left with the ROTC contingent for commissioning at Fort Sill, later seeing combat in the European theater. He returned to Princeton to graduate in 1947, the same year he married Martha Taylor.

Joe earned a law degree from Cornell and joined his father’s law firm in Elmira. He remained with the firm and its successors until he retired in 2012.

Joe chaired boards of numerous area organizations, including the county library, the county human-relations commission, and the county planning commission. He also provided leadership for health organizations, service clubs, and the Park Church of Elmira. Joe and Martha traveled to Europe, the western United States, Canada, and Africa, where they visited their daughter and her family in Kenya. Joe loved sailing in New York’s Finger Lakes region and hiking the trails and mountains of the Adirondacks and White Mountains.

Joe is survived by Martha; his brother; his sister, Cornelia; children Louise E. and Charles T. Buck; and two grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.