Malcolm Davis Johnson ’66

Dave died March 30, 2024, at Rutland (Vt.) Regional Medical Center after a short illness.

He grew up in Bronxville, N.Y., and attended Bronxville High School, where he played football, basketball, baseball, and tennis, ran track, and was sports editor of the school paper. He followed his father — a member of the Class of ’34 — to Princeton, where he majored in basic engineering. He belonged to Cannon Club, played freshman football, ran track, served on the Engineering Council, and was president of the Basic Engineering Society.

Following graduation, Dave served as a lieutenant in the Navy, seeing action in Vietnam as an engineer on a destroyer and earning several medals and commendations. After his Vietnam tour, he served on a destroyer squadron in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

Discharged in 1970, he enrolled at Duke Law School, where he was on the law review staff. He spent his legal career with law firms in New York City. Dave was an avid runner, tennis player, Mets fan, and horseman. He belonged to First Congregational Church of Fair Haven in Vermont.

Dave is survived by his daughters, Jennifer Sober and Bonnie Pope; eight grandchildren; sisters Martha Bays and Judith Smith; and brother Frank, to all of whom the class extends its condolences.