Luther S. Clark Jr. ’36

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LUI HER DIED of a heart attack Mar. 13, 1994. He prepared at Newark Academy and left Princeton in 1935. In WWII, he was in the army air force and served three years overseas with the Third Service Group in England, North Africa, and Italy.

In 1973, he left the Insurance Service Office after 36 years there. He then worked at Silver Burdett Co. and retired in 1976. Luther was past president of the New Jersey Fireman's Council, former director of the New Jersey State Fire College, an associate life member of the New Jersey Fire Chiefs' Assn., and a former member of the Natl. Fire Protection Assn. and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. His hobbies were woodworking and gardening.

Luther is survived by his wife of 58 years, Dorothy, and by daughters Christina and Edythe. He will be remembered by his many friends in the class.

The Class of 1936

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