George Jackson, retired poet-janitor of Leverett House and favorite of the house-members for many years, died suddenly Thursday at his home in Melrose.

Jackson and a record of nearly twenty years service with the University, beginning as a janitor at Smith Hall in 1920, and later as head of Gore Hall, where he held sway until 1931. In this year Leverett House was completed and he took the office which he held until 1939, when he retired after a house dinner in his honor.

He will be remembered by many of the members of Leverett House for his poetry and singing. He was the possessor of a fine voice, and although 67 years old, he had appeared in several house dramatic productions. An oil painting of him now hangs in Leverett House.