Born: July 4, 1909
Died: August 27, 2006
Married: Evelyn L. Bruen Trevor
Children: John B Trevor III, Alexander B. Trevor, Emily Trevor Van Vleck
John Bond Trevor, Jr. was a founding trustee of the Trudeau Institute and served on its Board of Trustees for twenty-two years. He served as vice-chairman of the Harrietstown Planning Board. He also donated land for an expansion of the Harrietstown Cemetery. He served as Commodore of the St. Regis Yacht Club.
He was also a director of the Pioneer Fund. Like his father, John Bond Trevor, Sr., he testified before Congress against more liberal immigration laws in 1965, warning against "a conglomeration of racial and ethnic elements" that he said led to "a serious culture decline."
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 29, 2006
PAUL SMITHS - John B. Trevor Jr., 97, of Palm Beach, Fla., died peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006 in Paul Smiths.
He was a past president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, an honorary trustee of the Trudeau Institute and a past trustee of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of New York. He was also the oldest member of the Union Club of New York City.
The author of several books and technical. articles, he co-authored "Wind and Tide in Yacht Racing." He was a senior physicist at the Naval Research Laboratories during World War II, where he received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award in October 1945. He earned three degrees, A.B., B.S., and E.E from Columbia University.
He loved the Adirondacks and the St. Regis Lakes in particular. He introduced two classes of sailboats to these lakes: the M-20 and the Sunfish (This year marks the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the M-20 class to St Regis.) At one time he was senior warden of St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church and commodore of the St. Regis Yacht Club.
He is survived by his beloved children: John B. Trevor, III, Alexander B. Trevor and Emily Trevor Van Vleck; grandchildren: John B. Trevor, IV, Phyllis T. Higgerson, Evelyn T. Holm, Sophia T. Girard, Tielman T. Van Vleck, Irene T. Brooke, Anne. W. Roebel, Harriet E. Van Vlec and Alexander B. Trevor; great-grandchildren; John V, Eliza, Sophia, Serena, Ann, Sarah, Benjamin, Margaret, Susanna, and Caroline; and step-grandfather of John, Emily, and Christopher Cummin.
Services will be held at 12:30 pan., Sunday, Sept, 3 at the St Johns in the Wilderness Episcopal Church in Paul Smiths.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake.
Funeral arrangements in care the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 9, 1962
John B. Trevor of Gabriels will show slides and movies of a hunting trip for big game in the plains of East Africa at the Brighton Town Hall on Aug. 13. The Gabriels Fish and Game Club will sponsor the program.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, July 13, 1976
Slides of African trip set for library meeting
SARANAC LAKE - A trip to Africa via slides has been prepared for people attending the annual meeting of the Saranac Lake Free Library Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. in the community room of the library. The show is a presentation by John B. Trevor. Jr., Upper St. Regis Lake, of photographs taken on a safari this past May in the part of Kenya east of the Tsavo Park. Accompanying Trevor on the safari were his son, Sandy and his daughter-in-law, Ellen, all of whom took part in the picture-taking trip, and the title given the showing is "On Safari East of Tsavo." Trevor has been on five safaris to Africa and has been in Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique, the Republic of South Africa, Egypt and Morocco. He is a life member of the East African Wildlife Society, a member of the National Botanical Gardens of South Africa and is one of the friends of the Serengeti. Some of his trophies are included in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Freer Museum in Washington received as a gift from Mr. Trevor a collection of Chinese export ceramics found in the ruins of the ancient city of Pate on the Kenya coast, reportedly the first collection of its kind to reach this country.
Also on the agenda of the meeting will be the election of officers.
There is no admission fee and the public is invited to attend. Those interested in enlisting as sustaining members of the library may apply to Esther Mirick, treasurer, at the library.
External links:
Wikipedia: John B. Trevor, Jr.
