Nelson Pierce James ’39

Nels died Nov. 5, 2000, in Kirkwood, N.Y. For many years he had been the owner of his own travel bureau serving the area in and around Binghamton, N.Y. And in his retirement years, he frequently acted as consultant to Metro Travel, a business founded and owned by his wife, June. Nels left Princeton in 1938, served in the Air Transport Command during WWII, and worked as sales representative for Bendix Aviation, Leonard Electronic Supply, and finally as vice president of Tri- Cities Oil in Binghamton before starting his own travel business. He wrote that he regretted not finishing with our class and losing contact with Princeton friends. He did act as treasurer of the Alumni Assn. of the Southern Tier for several years.

June James died barely a month after Nels. They are survived by their daughter, Jessica, three daughters from earlier marriages, Susan, Margaret, and Lee Ann, and a son, Peter. We offer them our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939