Deceased August 7, 2020
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In Memory
Jack Putnam prepared for Amherst at the Leelanau School in Glen Arbor, Mich. He attended the College, played ice hockey and joined Phi Gamma Chi but transferred to the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1953 with a degree in business administration.
For the next three years, he served as the deck division officer of the U.S.S. General Butner for the U.S. Navy. Then, self-employed, he worked as a manufacturer’s representative until he retired in 1999.
From his home in Glen Arbor, on Lake Michigan, he enjoyed cooking, photography and bird-watching and was a dedicated, lifelong Christian Science practitioner.
At the University, Jack met his wife, Susan, now deceased, and they were married in 1954. Together they raised their two sons and a daughter in Birmingham, Mich. Son Jeffrey died in 1978.
Jack died on Aug. 7, 2020, in Glen Arbor, leaving a son, Peter, and Leslie; a daughter, Wendy, and Michael; and a sister, Karen, as well as four grandchildren.
George Edmonds ’53