Manuel Gillet Johnson ’41

Manny died Mar. 23, 2000, of a massive stroke.

A graduate of Deerfield Academy, he majored in biology at Princeton. He was vice president of Colonial Club, and his various roommates included Bob Bancs, Hunt Brown, and Decatur Baldwin.

Manny saw 22 months of sea duty during WWII, including tours on PC boats in the Pacific, destroyer escort work in the South Atlantic, and antisubmarine patrol; he left the Navy as lieutenant (s.g.).

Then moving to Bethlehem, Pa., he joined the Aldrich Pump Co. in Allentown (later part of Ingersoll-Rand), where he spent his entire career.

An avid golfer at the Saucon Valley Country Club, after he retired he spent his time as a gardener and a builder of wooden ship models.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Georgiana Mazard Johnson, a son, John '67, daughters Serena and Susan, and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1941