MacDonald Flinn ’46

Don died May 24, 2012, at the age of 88. He lived in Lakeside, Mich.

Don grew up in Wilmette, Ill., and Mount Lebanon, Pa. He graduated from Mount Lebanon High School before entering Princeton, where he played freshman football. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 and flew B-29s over Japan. Don graduated magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa before earning a law degree from Harvard in 1951.

After serving in the Air Force Office of Staff Judge Advocate during the Korean War, Don joined White & Case in New York, where he had a remarkable career in the litigation department. He argued and won many antitrust cases.

He met his wife, Rosemary Jaicks, in New York, and they were married in 1956. Don and Rosemary raised three children in Scarsdale, N.Y., where Don was an elder at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church and served on the board at Scarsdale Golf Club. He was devoted to his family, often working late to ensure that he could attend children’s sporting events.

After his retirement, Don was active in Lakeside, where he helped to establish a land trust.

Don is survived by Rosemary, his children, and two grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy to them.