Lieutenant Colonel (retired) John Landrine Eggers ’63

Lieutenant Colonel (retired) John Landrine Eggers ’63, of Burke, Va., died Mar. 2 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was born in Boone, N.C., Nov. 15, 1941, a son of the late Dr. Graydon P. Eggers and Daisy Williams Eggers. Colonel Eggers graduated from Appalachian High School in Boone, N.C., and held a B.S. degree in chemistry from Davidson College. Colonel Eggers held an M.S. degree in organic chemistry from Clemson University, and an M.S. degree in management information systems from George Washington University. During his 24 years in the U.S. Army, Colonel Eggers had tours of duty in Vietnam, Germany, Korea, Wake Island, various U.S. installations, and the Pentagon. He was a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and the Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va. At the time of his death he was working as a management consultant specializing in cost analysis. Colonel Eggers is survived by his wife of 44 years, Vivian Bullock Eggers, 10097 Marshall Pond Rd., Burke, VA 22015-3732; a daughter, Lisa Daimar Eggers; a brother, Graydon P. Eggers, Jr. (Carolyn); his mother-in-law, Margie C. Bullock; and an aunt, Mary Williams Taylor.