John F. Joline III of Wayne, Penn. died March 2 after a battle with emphysema. He was born in Philadelphia in 1925, the son of John F. Joline Jr. and Alice Key Pendleton Brice. He attended Episcopal Academy and was in the class of ‘47 at Princeton University. He served in the Navy from 1943-46. He received an MA in English from University of Wisconsin and studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England.

As a child, Mr. Joline spent many summers at Suquehannock Camp which lead him to teach English and coach baseball and football. He taught at the Solebury School, St. Louis Country Day School, Pomfret School and spent a year on a Fulbright Teaching Exchange in England. During the summers, he led groups of students biking and hiking through Europe and England. In 1961, he became headmaster of the Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y., Mr. Joline shifted gears in 1975 and went to New York City and became Executive Director of the Edward John Noble Foundation, making grants to environmental, educational and arts programs. He was a loyal and active member of his Princeton Class, serving as president from 1982-1987.

Mr. Joline left New York in 1990 and with his late wife, Jean Stebbins Joline, settled into an active retirement in Duxbury.  He was an avid sailor and raced catboats in Duxbury Bay. He also enjoyed hiking, skiing, playing bridge, reading and traveling. He was on the Open Space and Recreation Committee from 1989 - 1995 and was instrumental in the completion of the southern end of the Bay Circuit Trail. In 1998, he received the Conservationist of the Year Award, given for “his years of dedicated service in acquiring and improving conservation land.”  He married Marjorie Battles Baird in 1999 and began splitting his time between Duxbury and Wayne, Penn., which was his boyhood town.

Mr. Joline leaves his wife Marjorie Battles Baird Joline; a daughter Helen Sirois Joline of Durango, Colo.; a son John F. Joline IV of Norwich, Vt.; and two grandsons, Eric and Ben Sirois of Durango, Colo.

A memorial service will be held on June 19, 2010 at the Darrow School. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Darrow School, 110 Darrow Rd, New Lebanon, NY. 12125 or the Princeton Class of ‘47 Scholarship Fund, 13 Santa Clara Drive, Lompoc, CA. 93431