John (Jack) H. Valentine, of Carlisle, MA, died at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA on September 6th, 2017. He was 93 years old. John is survived by his wife, Elizabeth (Hiam) Valentine, and his children, Ian of Los Angeles, CA, Lisa Bennett of London, England, Anne Valentine of Brownsville, VT, Alison Pascarelli of Atlanta, Georgia, and Tom Valentine of Phippsburg, ME., and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Jessica of Carlisle, MA and his son, Peter of Olympia, WA. Jack was born on April 25th, 1924 in North Chelmsford, MA to Judge John Valentine. and Anna Burrows Valentine. He grew up in Chelmsford, MA and for high school attended Vermont Academy. During WWII, Jack enlisted in the new air wing of the US Army and was a gunner on eighteen bombing missions out of Southern Italy. After the war, Jack attended Middlebury College in Vermont. An avid skier, he was a member of the Middlebury Ski Team that won national inter-collegiate championships in 1948 and 1949. He also was a member of Montreal's Red Bird Ski Club and an early member of New Hampshire's Hochiberge Ski Club. After Middlebury, Jack attended McGill College in Montreal where he met his future wife, Elizabeth Hiam. They married in 1952. They started their married life in Chestnut Hill, MA and Jack began his career at Merrill Lynch as a trainee stockbroker. In 1955, they moved to Carlisle, MA where they have lived ever since. Jack's professional career advanced steadily through the 'go go' sixties and he became a managing partner at Glore Forgan Staats Inc. and a managing partner of Tucker Anthony & RL Day by 1975. He additionally served as a consultant to T.A. Associates, a major venture capital firm. From 1980 to 1990, Jack Valentine served as President and CEO of Beech Hill Hospital - an alcohol and drug in patient center in Dublin, NH. Among his achievements there was initiating a treatment program in partnership with the Outward Bound School for adolescent and young adult addicts. He subsequently became an Overseer and Trustee of the Outward Bound School. He served as a Trustee and Treasurer and then Chairman of Boston Medical Center Corporation. In that role, he was proudest of his work in merging Boston University Hospital with Boston City Hospital in 1996 and creating the Boston Medical Center. He was one of seven founding members of the Carlisle Conservation Foundation. After Beech Hill, in 1991, he became a director of Entrepreneurial Management of the Boston University Healthy Policy Institute. For Jack's fortieth birthday, his friends give him a Herford cow, Lady Snapdragon, who ignited his other great passion, farming. At its peak, Stillmeadow Farm encompassed one hundred fifty acres in Carlisle, MA and twenty-five head of cattle. He was happiest when driving a tractor. He spent many happy summers in Holderness, NH with his family where he indulged his other great passion, tennis. Relatives and friends are invited to his memorial service on Saturday, October 14th at 2 pm in First Parish, 20 Lexington Road, Concord Center. A private burial service took place. In lieu of flowers, please make a gift in his name to the Carlisle Conservation Foundation, P.O. Box 300, Carlisle, MA 01741. Arrangements are under the care of the Dee Funeral Home of Concord.