Joseph C. Quay ’44

Joe died peacefully Jan. 26, 2014, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

He prepared at the Westtown School. At Princeton, Joe was on the varsity track team and played JV basketball. He served on the Orange Key committee and was vice president of Dial Lodge. His roommates were his brother, George III ’45, and Hank Smedley. He graduated magna cum laude in June 1943 as an economics major. He entered the Naval Air Corps and rose to the rank of ensign. He was discharged in September 1945.

Joe joined Plymouth Steel Co. in Detroit, where he became CEO. He retired in 1985.

He married Mary Ellen Bothwell in 1948, and they had two children. Ellen died after 36 years of marriage. Joe is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth Quay Andrews, and her husband, Mark; his son, John Bothwell Quay, and his wife, Martha; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.