HUPPER–John R., of New York City and Millbrook, NY, died peacefully surrounded by his family November 24, 2016, in his 92nd year. He was a retired partner of the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Born and raised in New York City, he was the eldest son of the late Roscoe H. Hupper, a leading admiralty lawyer, and Dorothy H. Hupper. He attended The Allen-Stevenson School, then graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1943, and served in the US Army from 1943 to 1946. He then earned his A.B. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Bowdoin College in three years. His LL.B. cum laude from the Harvard Law School in 1952 included his position as an Editor of the Law Review. Foremost in his legal practice were commercial, securities, antitrust and professional liability litigations. Long active as a mediator and arbitrator, he served as a Special Master of the Pre-Hearing Panel of the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, First Department, and as a member of that Court’s Committee on Character and Fitness, et al. Committed to education, he served as an Overseer and a Trustee of Bowdoin College and a Trustee of The Allen-Stevenson School. A member of Bowdoin’s Study Committee on Underclass Campus Environment, he co-authored its 1969 report leading to coeducation in 1971. He was utterly devoted to his family, which was well chronicled given his earnest pursuit of photography. Beyond his firm commitments to Cravath and to education, he much enjoyed a game of golf or tennis (if with a good score), as well as Met Opera and New York Philharmonic performances. His wife of 64 years, Joyce McC. Hupper, survives him, as do the three dearly loved children they raised together: John R. Hupper, Jr. (Cynthia M. Whitman), Gail J. Hupper (William H. Wood) and Craig W. Hupper (Susan Rose Hupper). Four granddaughters followed, to his great delight. A brother, Roger W. Hupper, also survives him; another brother, Joel H. Hupper, predeceased him. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
