On October 12, 2016, John M. Bendheim W40 passed away, peacefully, of natural causes. He was 98 years old and the younger of two sons born to Cora and Julius Bendheim in New York City on June 18, 1918. He was a loving father to his daughter, Joanna Schulman, and three sons: John Jr., Andrew, and Thomas Bendheim, along with nine grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years, Maxine Asch Bendheim. John attended Columbia Grammar School and received his high-school diploma from Lawrenceville Academy. He graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1940. Wharton established the John M. Bendheim Loan Forgiveness Fund for Public Service in 2005 as well as the Bendheim Fellow Social Impact fund in 2013; both programs ease financial challenges for Wharton MBAs, encouraging and supporting them to work in nonprofit or public-sector careers.