Joseph Ford Ringland Jr. ’53

Joe died Dec. 4, 2000, in St. Paul, Minn. He was 69. Joe did not stay in touch with the class and efforts to contact family members were in vain. Although he had not seen Joe in more than 30 years, roommate and fellow Elm Club member John Selover remembers that Joe had been president of Northwest Bank Corp. in Minnesota, and later was Minnesota state banking commissioner.

Born in Omaha, Joe came to Princeton from the Blake School and majored in classics, was associated with radio station WPRU, and played interclub hockey and basketball. Another Elm Club pal, Joe Atwater, recalls Joe's camaraderie and that he spent much time with girlfriend Catherine Butler, whom, John recollects, Joe married between junior and senior year. Joe was predeceased by Catherine and brother James, and is survived by daughters Barbara and Margaret, and grandson Thomas. To them we extend our condolences.

The Class of 1953