Oliver P. McComas ’52

Mac’s father, Oliver O., was a member of the Class of 1916. Mac graduated from Deerfield and at Princeton majored in biology, played soccer, and ate at Charter. His roommates were Bob Johnston, Charlie Shriver, and Quincey Lumsden. After his Navy service he took up pharmaceutical marketing with Smith Kline & French from 1955 to 1975, then at SRI International. In 1989 he became senior consultant in health-care products.

In retirement he served as president of Kara, a service giving grief support to children and adults. Mac was on the board of Fibli, a National Trust property, and a volunteer gardener there.

He died Aug. 24, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Peggy; and sons Parker and Alex. To them the class sends condolences and respect for their father’s Navy service for our country.