Necrology
Because Hamilton Remembers
John Sanford Warren '50
Jan. 22, 1928-Jan. 14, 2006
John Sanford Warren ’50, a retired general sales manager, was born on January 22, 1928, in Rochester, NY. The son of Carl V. ’23, a distinguished public schools administrator, and Ruth Ferguson Warren, he was a nephew of Leonard C. Ferguson ’19 and Arthur E. Warren ’23. Following his graduation in 1945 from high school in Middletown, NY, where his father was superintendent of schools, John Warren entered the U.S. Navy Air Corps’ pilot training program. Soon released from the Navy, World War II having ended, he enrolled at Hamilton in the fall of 1946. He joined his father’s fraternity, Psi Upsilon, and, like him, became its house president. Noted by The Hamiltonian for his “spun-gold locks, misty blue eyes, and sharp wit,” he was also a talented athlete who excelled on the baseball diamond and as a quarterback on the gridiron.
On September 9, 1950, soon after his graduation, John Warren was married to Suzanne Davis in the College Chapel. Thereafter the couple began the first of many moves as John pursued his career in sales. He was employed in various capacities by American Seating Co., manufacturers of school equipment, over a period of 25 years, and became general sales manager for its transportation products division, headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI. In 1982, he retired from the company and moved to Southern California. There he managed the bus sales division of American Coach Sales of Los Angeles and Ontario Bus Industries of Canada until 1988.
In 1996, the Warrens moved back east from San Diego to Chardon, OH, where John became active in efforts on behalf of the elderly and served as president of the board of the Geauga County Department on Aging. His leisure time was devoted to reading, golfing, sailing, and bridge-playing with his wife.
John S. Warren died on January 14, 2006, while hospitalized in Cleveland, OH. Surviving are his wife of 55 years; two sons, David C. ’73 and Peter D. Warren; and four grandchildren and a sister.
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