Raymond Newman Hockenberry Jr. ’36

Ray died Nov. 21, 2002. He prepared at Bronxville [N.Y.] HS. At Princeton he majored in philosophy, was student director of the Glee Club, and a class song leader. He was a member of Quadrangle Club.

During WWII, Ray served in DC in the office of the assistant chief of air staff for plans at headquarters of the Army Air Corps, achieving the rank of major and receiving two Army commendation awards.

After Princeton, Ray spent a year as a social director for a cruise line, then went into advertising for the Ladies' Home Journal and the New York Daily News. He next served as executive assistant to J. C. Penney, founder of the J. C. Penney Co. Later, Ray was a public relations executive for IBM and for the New York World's Fair.

Ray is survived by his sons John '69 and James; daughter Hope Yelich; John's wife, Nina Levitt, and their son, Mark (who has been accepted into the Class of '07); and Hope's husband, Nolan Yelich, and their children, Scott, Tammy, Anna, and Tom. Ray was a loyal Princetonian and will be missed.

The Class of 1936