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In Memory
John Howard Nesbitt died unexpectedly on Aug. 26, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla. John was raised in Orange, N.J., and graduated from Amherst with a major in anthropology. He completed his MBA in finance at Rutgers as a Ralph Bunche Fellow in 1988.
John’s impressive career is chronicled in an In Memory piece on the class of ’72 webpage. He had been working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as head of employment branding for the Saudi Electric Co. When his contract ended in 2019, John returned to Jacksonville. He planned to retire at the end of 2020.
Wayne Wormley ’72 recalls, “Nesbitt and I partied together and took a class in the history of Black music at Smith together junior year. He had a big Afro when he arrived at Amherst and wore this great winter coat that may have belonged to a West Point cadet. After graduation, we ran into each other periodically through the National Black MBA Association, to which we both belonged. I was really saddened to learn of his passing.”
Mark Kuperberg ’72 roomed with John junior year. “You got room-draw points for accepting a transfer student, and that is how Nesbitt joined our group. He was the hardest-working student I ever met, working day and night and taking caffeine pills to stay awake. On Easter Sunday, he came out of his room dressed in a blue suit. It was 1971; no one wore a suit. We asked him what was going on. He said at home his family always dressed up for Easter Sunday. We were 20 years old, breaking down so many of society’s norms, and yet this reminded me we were still kids clinging to the cherished pieces of our childhood.”
The class of 1972 expresses its deepest sympathies to John’s family for their loss.
Eric Cody ’72
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About Me
- JOHNNY TORRANCE-NESBITT, MBA Global Employment Branding Professional, with multi-industry experience An American born global Professional with wide multi-industry experience and award-winning honors and global accomplishments in Global Employment Branding in addition to HR successes in building and leading Global & US Talent Acquisition Teams (such as Lockheed, Bayer Monsanto, etc.) in various industries: Aerospace & Defense, Agriculture/Biotechnology, MBA e-Learning & Financial Services, Consulting and Power Energy/Utilities. Demonstrated accomplishments in hiring for US, UK, Middle East & Asia Pacific positions for Global firms. Led several Talent Acquisition groups to record-levels of hiring activity. Experienced in developing the EVP & designing & activating new Employment Branding Programs strategies--in support of activating the firm’s EVP with minimum budgetary impact under tight budgets. Expert at reviewing and critiquing numerous (Global) Ad Agency Employer Branding proposals (and on-site presentations) and extracting out key ideas to utilize for internal use. Designed and activated (several) new Employment Branding Programs and Marketing strategies aimed at bringing in the best talent. Demonstrated track record in successfully leading “Employer of Choice Awards” efforts with resulting wins, such as Fortune Magazine Top 100 & other Top Awards--as one of the key pillars of a compelling Employment Branding Strategy. And a competitive 2020, 2019 & 2018 Nominee for Global Employer Brand Leader of the Year Award. Widely published (volunteer) author on Employer Branding & Talent Acquisition: RecruitingDaily & RecruitmentBuzz (UK). Global Podcast Interview (Oct 2019) conducted by London’s Link Humans.
