Joseph Very Quarles ’29

Joe, who was serving his second term as class president, died May 9, 1995. He prepared at Milwaukee Country Day School and at Hotchkiss, where a holiday was observed when Joe scored the highest in the country on the College Boards that year. At Princeton, he was in Cap & Gown and had a remarkable record of achievement. He won the Pyne Honor Prize, was secretary of the Undergraduate Council, chair of the Prom Committee, and served as secretary and president of our class. He attended Harvard Business School for one year. He started his business career with the Simmons Co. and was president of the company when he retired. He worked for some years in Kenosha, Wisc., where he was active in philanthropic and public affairs. He moved to Greenwich, Conn., and was involved with the Round Hill Club and Round Hill Association.

An incidental fact about Joe, known to his friends, was his phenomenal command of poetry, seeming to know volumes by heart. He was an ardent bird-watcher and conservationist, and was treasurer of the Audubon Society.

In June 1941, Joe married Mary Luise Fronheiser. She survives, as do their children, Joseph V. III '55 and Julia (Mrs. Kristaps Keggi). The class extends its sincere sympathy to Joe's family.

The Class of 1929