Joseph Evans Alloway ’52

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Evans came to the class from Lawrenceville, majored in English, joined Cloister Inn, roomed with Jack Currier, and graduated after a timeout in the Army.

Evans earned a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and taught at Newark Academy, Germantown Friends School, and at the Pebble Hills School. He then served as head of test development for the College Board at Educational Testing Service for 25 years.

Evans married Mary Ann Stitzel and they had three sons, Joseph III, Mark, and Anthony. He later married Susan Sumners Kaufman. Evans’ passions included jazz, Phillies baseball, growing roses, shore birds, and visiting the South of France. He was an accomplished chef and author and played piano and harmonica. He was known variously as “Keys,” “Duke,” and “The Governor.”

A longtime supporter of Habitat for Humanity and an elder in the Presbyterian Church, Evans died May 11, 2012. To Susan and his sons, we offer our condolences.

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