John C. Hover II C65 WG67, 82, passed away on July 18. After graduating from Wharton, he joined Chemical Bank in New York and later became executive vice president and a member of the management committee at the United States Trust Company of New York. He was a Penn trustee as well as a founder and the third president of the Penn Club of New York. John was chairman of the overseers of the Penn Museum and a recipient of the university’s Alumni Award of Merit. Among other involvements, he served as a deacon, elder, and trustee of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York; was a director of the Tweedy, Browne Fund Inc.; and was made commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. John was also an owner and director of the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad and the New Hope Historical Society and served on the New Hope Zoning Hearing Board. He leaves behind his wife, Jacqueline, daughter Molly (Mark), and grandchildren Caroline and John.
