Joseph W. Hibben ’31

Joe died Feb. 21, 2002, in Encinitas, Calif., from Alzheimer's. He was 92.

At Princeton he was a member of Key and Seal, and he received an MBA from Harvard. After five years on Wall Street, he and a friend opened an office of Kidder Peabody & Co. in Chicago, where he spent the rest of his business career, specializing in mergers and underwriting. During his years in the Windy City, he was president of the Executive Club of Chicago and the mayor of Glenview, Ill.

After he retired in 1970, Joe moved to La Jolla, and became involved in many civic activities, including the San Diego Foundation, the San Diego Opera, and the National Council on Literacy. He was named Distinguished La Jollan by the Rotary Club and Outstanding Citizen by the City of San Diego.

Joe loved the outdoors. He flew a small plane to explore Alaska, Nova Scotia, Guatemala, Panama, and the Arctic, where he explored the island of Spitzbergen with his late brother, Frank '33.

Joe was predeceased by two young sons, Ward and Thomas. He is survived by his wife, Ingrid, daughter Bonnie, son Barry, stepdaughters Jacqueline Evans and Linda Cummings, and two grandchildren. To them, the class offers its most sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1931