Necrology

John Frederick Kellogg '46

May. 20, 1924-Apr. 25, 2006

John Frederick Kellogg ’46, a retired high school English teacher, was born on May 20, 1924, in Syracuse, NY. The son of Joseph W., an electrical engineer, and Mildred McOmber Kellogg, a teacher, he grew up in Binghamton, where he was graduated from North High School. John Kellogg enrolled at Hamilton in 1942, became a member of Chi Psi, and went out for fencing. However, he withdrew from the College after a semester to enter the U.S. Army. He remained on the Hill to take the Army Air Forces’ pre-meteorological course and was later assigned as a radio operator to the Office of Strategic Services. As a member of an OSS field team, he took part in World War II operations in China.

Released from the Army as a corporal at the end of 1945, John Kellogg took up studies at Syracuse University, where he majored in English and was graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1949. After briefly working for Moore Publishing Co. in New York City and a stint as a Department of State employee in Germany, he returned to Binghamton in 1954 and joined the staff of the newly established Roberson Memorial Center, now the Roberson Museum and Science Center. In the early 1960s he began teaching English at Central High School in Binghamton. He added to his credentials an M.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1966 and continued to teach at Central High for many years until his retirement. A lifelong devotee of the dramatic arts, he was actively involved with the Civic Theater in Binghamton.

John F. Kellogg died at his home in Binghamton on April 25, 2006. Unmarried, he is survived by a sister, Helen E. Tonetti, and five nephews.

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