On May 14th, 1923, the founding Principal (~president) of WestConn, John Russell Perkins, passed away in Danbury at his 20 Terrace Place home. Perkins had been born in Maine, taught at the Gunn School in Washington, CT and had been Principal of Danbury High School. He passed away 20 years after the founding of WestConn.
In 1919, his wife Mary Whittlessey-Brown died during the Spanish Flu epidemic. Their son, John Jr., was an officer in the U.S. Army and daughter, Margaret, studied law at the University of Chicago. She was an attorney with Kirkham, Cooper, Hungerford and Camp in New Britain around 1924 and married Mortimer Camp of that firm in April of 1928.
In September 2011, John Perkins III met with Archives staff and donated some books to WestConn’s collection.
In May 2012, his great-great-grandson, Brian Ugurlu (in purple shirt), toured campus with his cousin.
