Justus F. Lowe Jr. ’49

Justy died Sept. 29, 2014, just two days after celebrating his 87th birthday. He had had a stroke in 1992, but never lost his resolve to avoid “canes, walkers, and wheelchairs,” as his son Judd remarked at his funeral service in Wellesley, Mass.

Justy came to Princeton from the Blake School in Minneapolis, his hometown. He majored in SPIA, belonged to Charter Club, and graduated cum laude after serving one year in the Army.

He earned an MBA from Harvard, worked for several technology firms (and was quoted as saying he “started out selling flour in Minneapolis”), and by our 25th reunion, he was general manager of Control Data Corp. in Boston. He ended up as CEO of Softech, a major computer-software firm in Waltham, Mass.

An affectionate and active father, Justy loved family tennis, ski trips to New Hampshire, and summers on Martha’s Vineyard, where he had a summer home. As Judd said, “He loved the water, from Lake Minnetonka to Vineyard Haven.”

Justy’s wife, Mary, predeceased him. His children, Justus III, Meredith, Cynthia, and John, survive him, as do six grandchildren. To them all, we offer our sincere condolences.