Joseph N. Mack ’50

Joe died Feb. 2, 2014. He was a community leader with a passion for art, and was described by a fellow attorney as “a delightful person to be around.”

After Andover, he served from 1944 to 1946 as a first lieutenant in the 1st Infantry Division. At Princeton, where his father was in the Class of 1911, he sang in the Glee Club and belonged to Quadrangle. He received a bachelor’s degree in basic engineering.

His pursuit of a law degree was interrupted by a recall to active duty and eventual assignment to 8th Army headquarters in Korea. Released after 21 months, he completed his Harvard law studies in 1955.

Joe and his wife, Barbara, whom he married in 1952, moved to Indiana, Pa., where he started a private practice. He formed the firm of Mack & Bonya in 1976, where he worked for 23 years until being appointed judge of the Environmental Hearing Board in Pittsburgh. He retired in 2005.

Joe and Barbara were honored in 2003 with an award for their service to the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, whose board Joe joined in 1978. For more than three decades, he also provided his legal and fundraising skills to a transitional living center for those in need.

We extend our sympathy to Barbara; children Bethel, Jonathan, and Paul; and Joe’s brother, Wade ’51. Daughter Melinda predeceased Joe.