John G. Fuller ’51

John G. Fuller ’51, of Warrenville, Ill.; June 25. While studying at Brown, he wrote an award-winning short story, Emma Gets Her Way. He later attended Northwestern Law School and passed the bar before being drafted. He served in the Korean War before joining JAG in Fort Benning, Ga. Despite success in law, he changed career paths and became an author. In 1960 he moved his family to live in Vienna for three years and Barcelona for a year while writing his novel Portrait of a Boy, which was published in 1968. He dedicated much of his life to poetry writing and won several awards, including the President’s Award for Literary Excellence from the National Author’s Registry in 1968. Through the years he published several volumes of his poetry, including The Forest Holds a Secret Place. He is survived by four children, including David ’75, and 11 grandchildren.