Obituaries

Cheshire Academy Alumnus and Benefactor has Died

Yale Sterling Fellow and Cheshire Academy Trustee, John J. White, dead at 92.

John J. White died Saturday at his home in Glenview, Illinois after a lengthy illness. He was 92. 

He attended before entering Yale University in 1938 and played football and baseball at both institutions.

Throughout his adulthood, White’s avocations were education and politics. He served as a Trustee and Overseer of Cheshire Academy where the Science and technology Center was named in his honor.

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White established the White Brothers Scholarship in 1985 to assist students attending Yale from the Greater New Haven area. He was also a major donor for the reconstruction of Yale Baseball Field. In recognition of his service to his Alma Mater, he was selected as a Sterling Fellow of Yale University.

White was predeceased by his first wife, Jane, his brother James, and his sister, Mary Ellen. He is survived by his wife Virginia of Glenview, daughter Mary Carolyn of South Riding Virginia, step-sons Bradley Swick and James Burnham; nephews Jeff, Douglas, and Michael, nieces Kathleen and Madeleine, and thirteen grand-nieces and grand-nephews.

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A celebration of  his life will be held this Friday at 4pm at the N. H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home in Glenview, Illinois.

There will also be a subsequent memorial service this summer at Cheshire Academy. The date for the service will be announced on Cheshire Patch.  

Memorial considerations may be made to the Better Government Association of Chicago 11 E. Adams St. Suite 608, Chicago, ILL. 60606.


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