The University of Pennsylvania
and the RMS Titanic

John Borland Thayer (C'1882 ) and his son, John Borland Thayer, Jr. (C'1916) both attended the University of Pennsylvania.

John Senior was the Second Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and died during the sinking of the ship.

Jack Thayer survived the sinking, and went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania later that same year. His senior yearbook entry reads:

References:

• John Jr.'s statement to the press, April 20, 1912.
  
  
• Thayer, John B., The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic. 7 C's Press, Inc., Riverside, CT. First Published 1940, 7 C's Press 1974. (The first edition of this book is quite hard to find, as it was printed in a limited run. The University Library owns a copy donated and signed by John Thayer, Jr. The later edition of the book is also out-of-print.)
  
  
• Paris, Dara. "One Local Survivor". Daily Pennsylvanian--34th Street January 22, 1998, pp. 8-9.
  
  
• Tanaka, Shelley. On Board the Titanic: what it was like when the great liner sank. Richmond Hill, Ontario: Scholastic Canada, 1996. Juvenile literature. ISBN: 0-590-24894-4 (hardback)
  
  

Other passengers with connections to Penn

Thanks to J. M. Duffin, Technical Services Archivist at the University of Pennsylvania Archives!!

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