John M. Templeton Jr., philanthropist, dies at 75
John M. Templeton Jr., 75, president and chairman of the Templeton Foundation, died May 16 at his home in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
The cause of death was cancer, according to his daughter, Heather Templeton Dill, who has been the foundation’s acting president during her father’s illness.
Known as “Jack,” Templeton was a pediatric surgeon. He retired as director of the trauma program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 1995 to work for the foundation. He became chairman after his father’s death in 2008.
