Joseph Malcolm Carson Jr. ’53

Joe died Sept. 9, 2019.

He was born in Norfolk, Va., and came to Princeton after attending New Trier High School and Randolph Macon Academy. At Princeton he joined Tiger Inn and majored in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, writing a thesis on “Four-Power Cooperation in Austria.”

In 1968 Joe bought into a small business, United Ohio Valley Dairy, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, and developed it into one of the top privately held independent dairy processors in the nation. He retired from the company’s operations in 2003, leaving his sons to run the business. In 2018 Joe retired to Providence Point Senior Living Community in Pittsburgh, Pa.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce; their children Jean, Judith, Joseph, and James; and 15 grandchildren.