Walter John Whitehouse ’62

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Jack died May 29, 2024, in Sinking Spring, Pa.

He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy, where he was captain of the basketball team. At Princeton, he majored in economics, played basketball, was captain of the baseball team, and dined at Cannon.

Following graduation, Jack played one season of minor league baseball for the Detroit Tigers, worked for a brokerage firm, and IBM, and founded Advanced Cybernetics, a software consulting service company. He had married Suzanne Karterman during senior year and had two daughters, Michelle and Amy. They later divorced.

Selling Advanced Cybernetics, he founded Dimensions, an international needlecraft company. He later owned the LBH Group, a women’s tennis and golf apparel company, and later created a new brand, JudyP Apparel, a high-end women’s apparel company that he sold upon retiring in 2023.

In 1991, Jack married Colleen Arentz, and they had two sons, Sean and Brett. Over the years he participated in several sports and became a pilot. He coached baseball and basketball and loved watching his children play sports.

Jack is survived by his wife Colleen; sons Sean and Brett; daughters Michele and Amy; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. The class extends its sympathy to all. 

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