Leo August Jiranek ’22

LEO AUGUST JIRANEK died of cancer Jan. 27, 1990. Jerry was born Aug. 30, 1900, in Grand Rapids, Mich. He prepared for college at western Military Academy, and after two years at Norwich Univ., transferred to Princeton in Sept. 1920. After graduation in 1922, he went to work for Turner Construction Co. In 1924 Jerry's father died, and Jerry took over his furniture design business, where Jerry spent the rest of his career. He founded and was the first president of the American Designers Inst. and the Jiranek School of Furniture Design and Technology.

Jerry maintained an active interest in Princeton, having served as Class V.P. 194750, Class president 195357, and as chairman of a number of reunions.

Jerry is survived by his widow, die former Elaine Jennings Hoffman , whom he married in May 1954; four sons; two stepsons; ten grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Three of his sons and four of his grandsons graduated from Princeton. The Class expresses the deepest sympathy to his survivors.

The Class of 1922