Princeton Alumni Weekly: Memorials

John Mcelroy Atkisson '64

John Atkisson, an attorney in Washington, D.C., and a trans-Atlantic sailor, died of lung cancer Feb. 19, 2010. He was 68. John grew up in Sanger, Calif., and attended...

James Albert Avary '64

JIM DIED Dec. 16, 1990 after a valiant fight against a brain tumor. At the time the Illness was diagnosed, Jim was engaged in what would most likely have been a...

Jesse Albert Barrett Jr. '64

JESSE BARRETT died of lung cancer in Montgomery, Ala., Mar. 22, 1993. He was 52. Al came to Princeton from Atlanta's Westminster Schools. Although registered as a member...

John Richard Bell Jr. '64

We are saddened to report the death of Rick Bell on July 27, 1994, after a long illness. Rick touched many of our lives and was among our classmates remembered at the...

Donald E. Blacker '64

DON BLACKER died at his home in Napa Valley, Calif., Apr. 14, 1991, the victim of a car accident. A memorial service was held Apr. 24 at St. Ignacia Catholic Church...

James B. Boskey '64

Jim Boskey, professor of family law at Seton Hall U. Law School since 1972, died from brain cancer on June 14, 1999. He was 57 and lived in North Caldwell, N.J.Jim grew...

H. Russell Brown Jr. '64

“Rusty” (as he was known to fellow Princetonians), who also was known as “Russ” (by his family and friends in Portland, Ore., where he was a successful businessman),...

David F. Campbell '64

Dave died Jan. 16, 2013, at Atlanta’s Northside Hospital from kidney failure. Born in Chattanooga, Dave prepared for Princeton at that city’s McCallie School along...

Beverley Douglas Causey III '64

Family and friends of Bev Causey were shocked when he died Oct. 17, 2002; he was 59. A Suitland, Md., resident, he entered the hospital Oct. 10 complaining of stomach...

Thomas Ripley Coates '64

Tom Coates died unexpectedly June 11, 2009, at his home in Kirksville, Mo. He was 67. Raised in Cincinnati, Tom attended Walnut Hills High School and followed his...

M. Blair Corkran '64

Blair, who died in Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 2010, after a brief illness, came to Princeton from St. Petersburg, Fla., where he was valedictorian and captain of the...

Jeffrey D. Cropsey '64

Jeffrey Cropsey died suddenly July 5, 2010, of injuries he received falling down a stairway in his home. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, was a...

Jean-Louis De Turenne '64

Jean-Louis de Turenne died April 19, 2011, in Monaco after a long illness. Born of the highest French nobility and raised in Philadelphia by his French mother and...

David Burton Driscoll '64

On Dec. 6, 2001, our class lost a good friend when David died of cancer. He was 59. David, or Dip as many of his classmates knew him, arrived at Princeton as a...

Robert Benjamin Eubank '64

One of our Southern gentlemen, Robert Benjamin Eubank, succumbed peacefully to a failed heart on April 23, 2010. Known to most of his Princeton classmates as Robin,...

William Waddell Fleming '64

Bill Fleming died Jan. 10, 2001, in Dallas. He leaves behind his wife of 34 years, Susan, two sons, William and James, his mother, Jane, and his brother George...

David A. Franz '64

Dave died April 21, 2009, in LaPorte, Pa., after a long battle with melanoma. He was 66. Dave was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Lansdowne Aldan High School,...

Frederic Jay Graber '64

Fred was an engaging guy who rose to the top in situations that required personality and passion. He grew up in New York City, the son of Dr. Edward and Sylvia...

Francois Robert Gros '64

François died May 20, 2010, in São Paulo, Brazil, of a brain tumor. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1942, he was the son of a French father and Brazilian mother, which...

Charles E. Harris '64

Charlie died of colon cancer Sept. 30, 2010, in New York City. He grew up in Jacksonville, Fla., and graduated from The Hill School. After Princeton, he earned an...

Ian Henderson Havrelly '64

HE NEWS of Ian Havrelly's death on Sept. 26, 1991, was belatedly transmitted to the Class and saddens those he knew him well.Of Scottish and Hungarian ancestry, Ian was...

David Reuben Hill '64

DAVID REUBEN HILL died Nov. 7, 1992, from complications of lymphoma. He was 51 years old.Originally in the Class of'63, Dave came to Princeton from Washburn H.S. in...

Charles B. Huber '64

Chip lost his battle with lung cancer at home in Edina, Minn., Oct. 29, 2004. To paraphrase the words of John Milton, "We are the lesser for the loss, but the richer for...

Thomas A. Wright III '64

Tom Wright died peacefully June 29, 2006, in Dallas, Texas, surrounded by his loving family. He was 64. Tom grew up in Dallas and attended St. Mark's School and...

Richard M. Jacobson '64

Rick (also known as “Jake”) died peacefully April 7, 2010, at his home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, after a two-year battle with ampulla of Vater cancer. Rick...

Dwayne Harry Jelinek '64

Dwayne Jelinek died in the early hours of July 25, 2007, after a brave battle with ALS. Born in Crete, Neb., Dwayne graduated from Omaha Benson High School, where he...

Peter St. John '64

Sadly and belatedly, we report the death of Peter St. John in South Londonderry, Vt., Sept. 9, 1996. Peter appeared to be in excellent health, having completed a...

Hervey Sinclair Johnson '64

HERVEY'S HEART gave out on Mar. 19, 1992, at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he was awaiting a transplant.Raised in Lumberton, N.C., Hervey came to Princeton...

O. Hoagland Keep '64

Hoagie, one of our class’s more colorful characters, died of pancreatic cancer March 8, 2012, in Deerfield, Mass. Hoagie came to Princeton from The Gunnery, took his...

F. Frederick Kennedy Jr. '64

Fred died of a heart attack in his hometown of Augusta, Ga., on Dec. 2, 2000. He was 57.Born in Augusta, Fred was a graduate of the Darlington School in Rome, Ga. At the...

John K. B. Labarre '64

JOHN LABARRE died Sept. 18, 1991, after a lengthy battle with cancer.John grew up in Durham, N.C., and prepared for Princeton at the Millbrook School in southern New...

Richard T. Lands '64

Ric Lands died June 14, 1998, in Toccoa, Ga., after a short bout with cancer.Ric was born in Toccoa and prepared at Blair Academy. Although Ric entered with '64, his...

John D. Langlois Jr. '64 *74

Jack Langlois died Aug. 19, 2010, after a lengthy battle with gallbladder cancer. He was truly a Princetonian in the world’s service. Born Oct. 8, 1942, in Glen Cove,...

Robert Kingman Lanza '64

We were saddened to learn of the death of Bob Lanza July 31, 2006, in Laguna Woods, Calif. A graduate of Glen Ellen High School in suburban Chicago, Bob entered...

Robert Kingman Lanza '64

We were saddened to learn of the death of Bob Lanza July 31, 2006, in Laguna Woods, Calif. A graduate of Glen Ellen High School in suburban Chicago, Bob entered...

Roland E. Lehr '64

Roland died peacefully in Norman, Okla., July 16, 2003, after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 60.Born in Quincy, Ill., Roland graduated from Rossford High School...

Jimmer M. Leonard '64

Word has reached us that Jimmer Leonard died Aug. 7, 1996, and we have very few details.Jimmer was born in Johnson City, N.Y., and grew up in Wappingers Falls, where he...

John B. Lewis '64

Sadly, we learned that John Birt Lewis died May 13, 2010. He had very little contact with 1964 and Princeton over the years and very little is known about his life. ...

Michael R. Lutz '64

Michael died July 11, 2009, of metastatic uveal melanoma, at home in Deerfield, Ill., surrounded by family and friends. He was 67. Michael, a Chicagoan who attended...

John H. Mack '64

John Mack, who retired last summer as pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C., died Jan. 15, 2008. In November, John and wife...

John Randolph Maher '64

John Maher, who lived in Marietta, Ga., and spent almost three decades as an industrial psychologist, died Mar. 26, 1995, after a fierce bout with cancer.John graduated...

Murray Robert Mathews Jr. '64

Murray "the Mole" died at his home in South Natick, Mass., Apr. 29, 2003, after a struggle with cancer and a stroke.He came to Princeton from Governor Dummer Academy,...

Peter Diego Moscosso '64

Peter Diego Moscosso died Jan. 10, 2006. He was born in New York City in 1941 and came to Princeton from Riverdale Country Day School where he was particularly active in...

Jeffrey Albert Newfield '64

Jeff lost a long battle with cancer Sept. 5, 2005, in West Hartford, Conn.A native of Hartford, Jeff graduated from Loomis-Chaffee School. At Princeton, Jeff studied...

Robert Frank Nolan '64

It is with sadness that we report that Robert Nolan was killed Jan. 22, 1995, in a car accident in California.Robert grew up in Cleveland and attended Shaker Heights...

Barry Hance Nolan '64

Barry died July 16, 2009, in Colorado Springs, Colo., after a courageous 15-year struggle with prostate cancer. Born in Easton, Pa., Barry attended Mount Hermon (Mass.)...

James P. Okie Jr. '64

The class lost a dynamic, stalwart, and convivial member when Jim Okie died Dec. 27, 2011, at an Alzheimer’s facility in Avon, Conn. His wife, Rowena, and two children,...

Allan Roy Oseroff '64

Allan Oseroff, who gained international renown as a researcher and clinician in dermatology, died of biliary cancer Oct. 16, 2008. He was 65 and had lived for many years...

Michael A. Pane IV '64

Michael died Jan. 12, 2003. He had shown courage and resilience battling coronary artery disease and cancer.Michael attended the Hill School and spent a year at...

William N. Panzer '64

Bill Panzer died suddenly March 18, 2007. While his death initially was attributed to a fall in Sun Valley, Idaho, his wife, Priscilla, advised that the cause was an...

Tonu Parming '64

Tonu Parming died Oct. 30, 1998, in Toronto, as a result of a stroke during heart surgery. He was 57.Tonu was born in Parnu, Estonia; his family fled the war in 1944 and...

H. Ramsay Peard '64

Ramsay died unexpectedly Nov. 4, 2003.Born and raised in Baltimore, Ramsay attended Hotchkiss, where he perfected his skill at all-nighters. At Princeton he majored in...

Matthew Pollack '64

Matt died Jan. 30, 2011, after a 13-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Matt’s family moved from New York City to Maryland when he was young, and he graduated from...

Jerry Edwin Richardson '64

Jerry died October 18, 2003, in Brazil after a two-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as ALS.A native Floridian, Jerry attended Seacrest High School in...

Philip Anthony Roth '64

Tony died July 15, 1992, of lung cancer while living in London. He was 49.A native Californian, Tony attended University High School in Los Angeles before coming to...

Philip Anthony Roth '64

Tony died July 15, 1992, of lung cancer while living in London. He was 49.A native Californian, Tony attended University High School in Los Angeles before coming to...

Elliot J. Rothschild '64

Elliot died of cancer April 29, 2006, with his family at his bedside. He was 64. Born and raised in Columbus, Ga., he prepared at Columbus High School and Valley Forge...

Barry P. Simon '64

Barry died July 14, 2010, in Boston, from multiple myeloma. He is remembered for his keen intellect, dry sense of humor, and eager competitiveness tempered by a strong...

Paul A. Siock Jr. '64

Paul died March 8, 2012. He was born in Dunmore, Pa., grew up in Kenilworth, N.J., and graduated from Jonathan Dayton High School. At Princeton, Paul majored in chemical...

Michael T. Welch '64

After a lengthy battle with cancer, Mike died July 3, 1999, at his home in Scarborough, N.Y.Mike was born and raised in Tulsa, where he attended Tulsa Central H.S. At...

Current Issue

Mar. 19, 2008

Memorials by Class: 1964

John Atkisson, an attorney in Washington, D.C., and a trans-Atlantic sailor, died of lung cancer Feb. 19, 2010. He was 68. John grew up in Sanger, Calif., and attended...

JIM DIED Dec. 16, 1990 after a valiant fight against a brain tumor. At the time the Illness was diagnosed, Jim was engaged in what would most likely have been a...

JESSE BARRETT died of lung cancer in Montgomery, Ala., Mar. 22, 1993. He was 52. Al came to Princeton from Atlanta's Westminster Schools. Although registered as a member...

We are saddened to report the death of Rick Bell on July 27, 1994, after a long illness. Rick touched many of our lives and was among our classmates remembered at the...

DON BLACKER died at his home in Napa Valley, Calif., Apr. 14, 1991, the victim of a car accident. A memorial service was held Apr. 24 at St. Ignacia Catholic Church...

Jim Boskey, professor of family law at Seton Hall U. Law School since 1972, died from brain cancer on June 14, 1999. He was 57 and lived in North Caldwell, N.J.Jim grew...

“Rusty” (as he was known to fellow Princetonians), who also was known as “Russ” (by his family and friends in Portland, Ore., where he was a successful businessman),...

Dave died Jan. 16, 2013, at Atlanta’s Northside Hospital from kidney failure. Born in Chattanooga, Dave prepared for Princeton at that city’s McCallie School along...

Family and friends of Bev Causey were shocked when he died Oct. 17, 2002; he was 59. A Suitland, Md., resident, he entered the hospital Oct. 10 complaining of stomach...

Tom Coates died unexpectedly June 11, 2009, at his home in Kirksville, Mo. He was 67. Raised in Cincinnati, Tom attended Walnut Hills High School and followed his...

Blair, who died in Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 2010, after a brief illness, came to Princeton from St. Petersburg, Fla., where he was valedictorian and captain of the...

Jeffrey Cropsey died suddenly July 5, 2010, of injuries he received falling down a stairway in his home. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, was a...

Jean-Louis de Turenne died April 19, 2011, in Monaco after a long illness. Born of the highest French nobility and raised in Philadelphia by his French mother and...

On Dec. 6, 2001, our class lost a good friend when David died of cancer. He was 59. David, or Dip as many of his classmates knew him, arrived at Princeton as a...

One of our Southern gentlemen, Robert Benjamin Eubank, succumbed peacefully to a failed heart on April 23, 2010. Known to most of his Princeton classmates as Robin,...

Bill Fleming died Jan. 10, 2001, in Dallas. He leaves behind his wife of 34 years, Susan, two sons, William and James, his mother, Jane, and his brother George...

Dave died April 21, 2009, in LaPorte, Pa., after a long battle with melanoma. He was 66. Dave was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Lansdowne Aldan High School,...

Fred was an engaging guy who rose to the top in situations that required personality and passion. He grew up in New York City, the son of Dr. Edward and Sylvia...

François died May 20, 2010, in São Paulo, Brazil, of a brain tumor. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1942, he was the son of a French father and Brazilian mother, which...

Charlie died of colon cancer Sept. 30, 2010, in New York City. He grew up in Jacksonville, Fla., and graduated from The Hill School. After Princeton, he earned an...

HE NEWS of Ian Havrelly's death on Sept. 26, 1991, was belatedly transmitted to the Class and saddens those he knew him well.Of Scottish and Hungarian ancestry, Ian was...

DAVID REUBEN HILL died Nov. 7, 1992, from complications of lymphoma. He was 51 years old.Originally in the Class of'63, Dave came to Princeton from Washburn H.S. in...

Chip lost his battle with lung cancer at home in Edina, Minn., Oct. 29, 2004. To paraphrase the words of John Milton, "We are the lesser for the loss, but the richer for...

Tom Wright died peacefully June 29, 2006, in Dallas, Texas, surrounded by his loving family. He was 64. Tom grew up in Dallas and attended St. Mark's School and...

Rick (also known as “Jake”) died peacefully April 7, 2010, at his home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, after a two-year battle with ampulla of Vater cancer. Rick...

Dwayne Jelinek died in the early hours of July 25, 2007, after a brave battle with ALS. Born in Crete, Neb., Dwayne graduated from Omaha Benson High School, where he...

Sadly and belatedly, we report the death of Peter St. John in South Londonderry, Vt., Sept. 9, 1996. Peter appeared to be in excellent health, having completed a...

HERVEY'S HEART gave out on Mar. 19, 1992, at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he was awaiting a transplant.Raised in Lumberton, N.C., Hervey came to Princeton...

Hoagie, one of our class’s more colorful characters, died of pancreatic cancer March 8, 2012, in Deerfield, Mass. Hoagie came to Princeton from The Gunnery, took his...

Fred died of a heart attack in his hometown of Augusta, Ga., on Dec. 2, 2000. He was 57.Born in Augusta, Fred was a graduate of the Darlington School in Rome, Ga. At the...

JOHN LABARRE died Sept. 18, 1991, after a lengthy battle with cancer.John grew up in Durham, N.C., and prepared for Princeton at the Millbrook School in southern New...

Ric Lands died June 14, 1998, in Toccoa, Ga., after a short bout with cancer.Ric was born in Toccoa and prepared at Blair Academy. Although Ric entered with '64, his...

Jack Langlois died Aug. 19, 2010, after a lengthy battle with gallbladder cancer. He was truly a Princetonian in the world’s service. Born Oct. 8, 1942, in Glen Cove,...

We were saddened to learn of the death of Bob Lanza July 31, 2006, in Laguna Woods, Calif. A graduate of Glen Ellen High School in suburban Chicago, Bob entered...

We were saddened to learn of the death of Bob Lanza July 31, 2006, in Laguna Woods, Calif. A graduate of Glen Ellen High School in suburban Chicago, Bob entered...

Roland died peacefully in Norman, Okla., July 16, 2003, after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 60.Born in Quincy, Ill., Roland graduated from Rossford High School...

Word has reached us that Jimmer Leonard died Aug. 7, 1996, and we have very few details.Jimmer was born in Johnson City, N.Y., and grew up in Wappingers Falls, where he...

Sadly, we learned that John Birt Lewis died May 13, 2010. He had very little contact with 1964 and Princeton over the years and very little is known about his life. ...

Michael died July 11, 2009, of metastatic uveal melanoma, at home in Deerfield, Ill., surrounded by family and friends. He was 67. Michael, a Chicagoan who attended...

John Mack, who retired last summer as pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C., died Jan. 15, 2008. In November, John and wife...

John Maher, who lived in Marietta, Ga., and spent almost three decades as an industrial psychologist, died Mar. 26, 1995, after a fierce bout with cancer.John graduated...

Murray "the Mole" died at his home in South Natick, Mass., Apr. 29, 2003, after a struggle with cancer and a stroke.He came to Princeton from Governor Dummer Academy,...

Peter Diego Moscosso died Jan. 10, 2006. He was born in New York City in 1941 and came to Princeton from Riverdale Country Day School where he was particularly active in...

Jeff lost a long battle with cancer Sept. 5, 2005, in West Hartford, Conn.A native of Hartford, Jeff graduated from Loomis-Chaffee School. At Princeton, Jeff studied...

It is with sadness that we report that Robert Nolan was killed Jan. 22, 1995, in a car accident in California.Robert grew up in Cleveland and attended Shaker Heights...

Barry died July 16, 2009, in Colorado Springs, Colo., after a courageous 15-year struggle with prostate cancer. Born in Easton, Pa., Barry attended Mount Hermon (Mass.)...

The class lost a dynamic, stalwart, and convivial member when Jim Okie died Dec. 27, 2011, at an Alzheimer’s facility in Avon, Conn. His wife, Rowena, and two children,...

Allan Oseroff, who gained international renown as a researcher and clinician in dermatology, died of biliary cancer Oct. 16, 2008. He was 65 and had lived for many years...

Michael died Jan. 12, 2003. He had shown courage and resilience battling coronary artery disease and cancer.Michael attended the Hill School and spent a year at...

Bill Panzer died suddenly March 18, 2007. While his death initially was attributed to a fall in Sun Valley, Idaho, his wife, Priscilla, advised that the cause was an...

Tonu Parming died Oct. 30, 1998, in Toronto, as a result of a stroke during heart surgery. He was 57.Tonu was born in Parnu, Estonia; his family fled the war in 1944 and...

Ramsay died unexpectedly Nov. 4, 2003.Born and raised in Baltimore, Ramsay attended Hotchkiss, where he perfected his skill at all-nighters. At Princeton he majored in...

Matt died Jan. 30, 2011, after a 13-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Matt’s family moved from New York City to Maryland when he was young, and he graduated from...

Jerry died October 18, 2003, in Brazil after a two-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as ALS.A native Floridian, Jerry attended Seacrest High School in...

Tony died July 15, 1992, of lung cancer while living in London. He was 49.A native Californian, Tony attended University High School in Los Angeles before coming to...

Tony died July 15, 1992, of lung cancer while living in London. He was 49.A native Californian, Tony attended University High School in Los Angeles before coming to...

Elliot died of cancer April 29, 2006, with his family at his bedside. He was 64. Born and raised in Columbus, Ga., he prepared at Columbus High School and Valley Forge...

Barry died July 14, 2010, in Boston, from multiple myeloma. He is remembered for his keen intellect, dry sense of humor, and eager competitiveness tempered by a strong...

Paul died March 8, 2012. He was born in Dunmore, Pa., grew up in Kenilworth, N.J., and graduated from Jonathan Dayton High School. At Princeton, Paul majored in chemical...

After a lengthy battle with cancer, Mike died July 3, 1999, at his home in Scarborough, N.Y.Mike was born and raised in Tulsa, where he attended Tulsa Central H.S. At...