John L. HANCOCK 1/23/30 ~ 12/7/08 Born in St. Louis, John Loretz Hancock graduated from Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps and fought in the Korean War, D 2/1 1951-52. After the war John married Joanne Johnson, the mother of their children Manjit (nee Martha), Joseph, Karen, and Steve. John attended the University of Minnesota (BA cum laude 1954, MA 1955), and began his teaching career as an instructor in English and American studies at the University of Colorado 1955-57. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964, and taught urban planning history at the University of North Dakota 1962-67 and the University of Kansas 1967-69 before joining the faculty at the University of Washington Department of Urban Planning, where he rose to the rank of Professor, becoming Professor Emeritus in 1998. In 1975, John married Marga Rosencranz. With Marga, other family members, and on his own, John traveled and taught on 6 continents. John and Marga shared the observance of Thanksgiving 2008 with all four of his children and his granddaughter Simranjit, at Evergreen Hospice Center. He died within a circle of care on Pearl Harbor Day, a moment in history 57 years before that mobilized commitment to patriotic duty in many Americans, including John. Family & Friends of John Hancock will gather on his birthday 1/23/09 beginning 4:30pm at UW Gould Court. Thoughts of John welcome for inclusion in a memory book:marga@margaink.com Published in the NWsource on 1/4/2009