Princeton Alumni Weekly: Memorials

Richard Franklin Abbitt '62

Rick died of a heart attack Aug. 7, 2001, at his home in Newport News, Va. He was 61. Princeton classmates Jack Pearsall, Jim Todd, Rich Bowen, and Bob Ludgin attended...

John H. Adee '62

John Adee died March 20, 2012, of cardiopulmonary failure in Philadelphia. He was looking forward to attending our 50th reunion. John came to Princeton from West...

David R. Aufdenspring '62

Dave died on Dec. 10, 2002, from complications of heart disease. He had received a heart transplant in June 1998. Dave was thrilled by the ability to celebrate both our...

William I. Bacchus '62

Bill died Jan. 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va., of esophageal and liver cancer. Bill came to Princeton from Albuquerque’s Highland High School. He roomed with Oliver...

William W. Backes Jr. '62

William Backes died Dec. 20, 2011, at home in Yardley, Pa., after a long illness. Son of William W. Backes ’26, Bill came to Princeton from the Lawrenceville School,...

WIlliam W. Barber III '62

Bill Barber died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 16, 2011, at home in Concord, Mass. Bill came to Princeton from St. Mark’s School. He majored in French and roomed with...

Andrew T. Berry '62

Andrew T. Berry died suddenly July 24, 2009, at his Maine vacation home. Drew came to Princeton from College High School in Upper Montclair and lived in Westfield,...

Knut Michael Bough-Henrikssen '62

Bogh died Dec. 21, 2009, in London, England, after battling colon cancer. Bogh came to Princeton from Tabor Academy. A swimmer, he was in Cannon Club. He was scheduled...

David H. Bramhall '62

David Bramhall, surrounded by friends, died peacefully at home Feb. 28, 2012, after a struggle with lung cancer. He entered Princeton from Hotchkiss with the Class of...

Peter Hail Brown '62

After a brief illness, Peter Brown died of pancreatic cancer June 2, 2009, at home in Topsfield, Maine. He entered Princeton from Sir Francis Drake High School in San...

Peter Campbell '62

Pete Campbell died Oct. 23, 1995, at home in Hohokus, N.J. More than 400 friends attended his memorial service, including several classmates. He is survived by his...

Franklyn Joseph Carr '62

Franklyn Carr died March 16, 2003, in North Palm Beach, Fla., soon after a late diagnosis of colon cancer. A memorable presence, Franklyn came to Princeton from...

Franklin S. Cibula '62

The cause of Franklin S. Cibula’s death Sept. 9, 2008, in Redding, Calif., was a self-inflicted gunshot wound that may have been accidental. Except for his time at...

Paul S. Clark '62

Paul Clark died lung cancer Dec. 29, 2012, at home in Reno, Nev. He came to Princeton from Governor Dummer Academy. Majoring in biology, Paul was vice chairman...

Charles B. Clement Jr. '62

We lost a loyal classmate on Sept. 14, 2002, when Charlie succumbed to a ruptured ulcer. Unstintingly gracious, warm, funny, religious, altogether human, Charlie was...

John H. Colyer '62

John died Aug. 2, 2006. John graduated from Oneonta (N.Y.) High School, lettering in three sports and joining the National Honor Society. He attended Princeton on a...

Archibald C. Conn '62

Archibald Conn died of pancreatic cancer July 16, 2009, in Mukilteo, Wash. Born in Trenton, N.J., Archie came to Princeton from Rancocas Valley Regional High School....

Jay Coupe '62

Jay died of liver cancer Sept. 14, 2006. Coming to Princeton from Philadelphia’s Central High School and majoring in English, Jay participated in Naval ROTC and was a...

Warren R. Crane '62

Warren died Feb. 6, 2012, losing an arduous battle with liposarcoma and paraneoplastic diseases. After graduating from Nyack High School, “Weed” — as we knew him in...

Andrew I. Davidson '62

Andrew Davidson died in an automobile accident Dec. 21, 2006. Andrew was admitted to Princeton in the Class of 1961. However, he entered the college in 1959 with our...

Ariel Brun de Pontet '62

Ariel died at home in Washington, D.C., of colon cancer on Sept. 23, 2000. Never one to dwell on illness, he sustained his family and friends with his gusto for life and...

David J. Delgado '62

David died Nov. 1, 2002. He came to Princeton from Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, N.Y., entering with the Class of 1961. David took a year off in 1960 to study...

John F. Dixon '62

John died suddenly and unexpectedly Feb. 18, 2010, in Madison, Wis. While he had undergone heart surgery, he was generally in excellent health. John came from West...

Lewis Van H. Dusen III '62

THE CLASS LOST one of its most loyal members when Lewis Van Dusen died Dec. 30, 1993, after a long, valiant fight with cancer. Lew's support of the class and of...

Paul E. Epstein '62

Paul Epstein died of pancreatic cancer March 12, 2009. He came to us from Swampscott (Mass.) High School. At Princeton, he dined at Key and Seal, was in the band,...

Rhys Evans '62

Rhys died peacefully on July 18, 2001 at his home in Dorset, Vt., after a two-year battle with cancer. The overflowing attendance at his funeral in Manchester was a...

Talcott Griswold '62

Talcott “Tim” Griswold died at home in Carlsbad, Calif., March 3, 2009, from pulmonary fibrosis. He had been in hospice care for six weeks. Tim came to Princeton from...

Gregory Guroff '62

Greg died peacefully July 11, 2012, of lung cancer, at home in Chevy Chase, Md., with his family by his side. Family members included Kathie, his wife of 49 years;...

Stephen C. Hansen '62

Stephen C. Hansen died of brain cancer Aug. 21, 2007, at home in Fox Chapel, Pa. He was diagnosed with the disease last May. Steve entered Princeton from St. Paul's...

Robert M. Henkels Jr. '62

Rip, a retired professor from the Department of Foreign Languages at Auburn University, died Nov. 16, 2003, of colon cancer. Rip graduated from Princeton cum laude in...

David Hill '62

David Hill died July 26, 2008, in Park Ridge, Ill., after an 18-month battle with skin cancer. Dave came to Princeton from Maine Township High School (next to the...

Alan Michael Huberman '62

Alan Michael Huberman died on Jan. 4, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland, after a long illness.Mike came to Princeton from Newton HS in Newton, Mass. At Princeton he majored in...

David S. Jenkins '62

Dave Jenkins died Oct. 21, 2010, in Sandpoint, Idaho, of rheumatic arthritis. Dave came to us from Scranton (Pa.) Central High School and Andover. At Princeton he...

Robert E. Koch '62

Bob died June 4, 2009, at his Manhattan home. He had arrhythmia but generally had been healthy. He came to Princeton from the Barnard School (now Horace Mann). He...

Horst D. Kuettner '62

Horst Kuettner died July 1, 2001, in Floral City, Fla. He was with us only for freshman year. His sister, Astrid Dunn, said “he was never comfortable with his name.” By...

Wendell M. Kury '62

Wendell Kury died Nov. 12, 2010, in the Medical Center of the Rockies. He had been hospitalized for several months after complications from surgery. Wendell came to...

Richard Kutzleb '62

Dick died May 28, 2004, in suburban Pittsburgh, one year after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Dick came to Princeton from the Gilman School. He majored in...

Gerald J. Laba '62

Gerry died of heart failure June 25, 2011, in Encino, Calif. Gerry entered Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School. An English major, he was a member of Key and Seal...

George H. Lamson '62

George died Oct. 15, 2002, of complications from pneumonia and edema resulting from high-altitude hiking in China. George entered Princeton from Simsbury (Conn.) High ...

Galen C.K. Leong '62

Galen died Dec. 26, 2009, of pancreatic cancer at his Honolulu home. He came to us from Punahou School, President Obama’s alma mater. He dined at Key and Seal and...

Jerome P. Levine '62

Jerome P. Levine, professor of mathematics at Brandeis University and a prominent theorist in topology, died April 8, 2006, of lymphatic cancer. He was 68. After...

Drummond D. Lister '62

Drum died May 25, 2009, in Ottawa, Canada, having suffered a severe stroke in 2000. Born in England, Drum came to us from Upper Canada College in Toronto, where he had...

John H. Marburger '62

Jack died July 28, 2011, on Long Island, N.Y., of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He came to us from Bladensburg (Md.) High School. Graduating with honors in physics, Jack was a...

Dave Mccabe '62

Dave McCabe died of leukemia Aug. 25, 1996, in MYC. Dave came to Princeton from Deerfield, where he had been managing editor of the school newspaper, and a member of the...

Kenneth Arthur Mills '62

KENNETH MILLS DIED June 2, 1990, in Morristown, N.J., after an extensive battle with multiple sclerosis, first diagnosed in 1968, and, near the end, cancer. Ken came to...

H. Hudson Milner '62

Hudson Milner, who battled a glioblastoma brain tumor for more than four years with innovative treatment from NIH, died June 1, 2008, in Bethesda, Md. Entering...

Warwick Breckenridge Moore '62

Breck died Dec. 27, 2004, at his home in Woodbridge, Va., from pancreatic cancer. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery Feb. 17,...

Douglas A. Nadeau '62

Doug died April 23, 2004, in Marblehead, Mass., ultimately done in by an 18-year battle with postencephalitic parkinsonism.He was a lawyer, artist, illusionist,...

Frank E. Pelton III '62

“Pete” Pelton died Sept. 13, 2012, at his home in Pasadena, Calif., after a battle with cancer. Pete came to us from St. Louis via Culver Military Academy. An NROTC ...

Harry Poole '62

Harry Poole III died Dec. 10, 2007, having suffered a stroke 10 years ago. He graduated from Choate and entered Princeton with the Class of 1958....

C. Victor Raiser '62

VIC DIED in a smallplane crash while on a fishing trip with his son Monty'92 and friends, on July 30, 1992. His son and friends also died.Vic had a lifelong interest in...

Kenneth J. Suid '62

Kenneth J. Suid died June 30, 2006, in Portland, Ore. He graduated from Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School before attending Princeton, where he majored in politics, was...

C. Taylor Kew '62

TAYLOR died Aug. 28, 1992, from injuries sustained in the crash of a small seaplane, while on a fishing trip in Alaska with his lifelong friend Vic Raiser '62 and Vic's...

Richard B. Thatcher '62

Richard died of lung cancer Oct. 1, 2010, in Huntington, N.Y. Richard came to Princeton from Hotchkiss. He roomed with John McWilliams, dined at Tower, and majored in...

Peter B. Tisne '62

Peter died of cardiac arrest Oct. 29, 2011, four days after hip-replacement surgery in New York City. Peter came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy. His senior-year...

Alexander Torre-Tasso '62

Alexander Torre-Tasso died of heart failure Aug. 29, 2011, at home in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He had been in ill health. Alex came to us from The Hill School. Rooming with...

N. Beverly Tucker Jr. '62

Bev Tucker died of cancer (lung, then brain) Oct. 27, 2011, after four days in hospice care in Wickford, R.I., with his family present. Bev came to us from Walnut Hills...

William Westfall '62

BILL WESTFALL died Nov. 19, 1992, in Montclair, N.J., following an eightmonth battle with brain cancer.Bill graduated from Montclair High, where he received the school's...

David W. Woodard '62

David died Nov. 9, 2012, at home in Cayuga Heights, N.Y., of prostate cancer. David came to Princeton from the Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn, Pa., where he...

James A. Woodwell '62

Woody died Sept. 18, 2003, in the Pacific Northwest. He came to Princeton from Wappingers School. Woody roomed with Tom Corwin, John Isacs, and John Roberts. He played...

Current Issue

May 14, 2008

Memorials by Class: 1962

Rick died of a heart attack Aug. 7, 2001, at his home in Newport News, Va. He was 61. Princeton classmates Jack Pearsall, Jim Todd, Rich Bowen, and Bob Ludgin attended...

John Adee died March 20, 2012, of cardiopulmonary failure in Philadelphia. He was looking forward to attending our 50th reunion. John came to Princeton from West...

Dave died on Dec. 10, 2002, from complications of heart disease. He had received a heart transplant in June 1998. Dave was thrilled by the ability to celebrate both our...

Bill died Jan. 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va., of esophageal and liver cancer. Bill came to Princeton from Albuquerque’s Highland High School. He roomed with Oliver...

William Backes died Dec. 20, 2011, at home in Yardley, Pa., after a long illness. Son of William W. Backes ’26, Bill came to Princeton from the Lawrenceville School,...

Bill Barber died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 16, 2011, at home in Concord, Mass. Bill came to Princeton from St. Mark’s School. He majored in French and roomed with...

Andrew T. Berry died suddenly July 24, 2009, at his Maine vacation home. Drew came to Princeton from College High School in Upper Montclair and lived in Westfield,...

Bogh died Dec. 21, 2009, in London, England, after battling colon cancer. Bogh came to Princeton from Tabor Academy. A swimmer, he was in Cannon Club. He was scheduled...

David Bramhall, surrounded by friends, died peacefully at home Feb. 28, 2012, after a struggle with lung cancer. He entered Princeton from Hotchkiss with the Class of...

After a brief illness, Peter Brown died of pancreatic cancer June 2, 2009, at home in Topsfield, Maine. He entered Princeton from Sir Francis Drake High School in San...

Pete Campbell died Oct. 23, 1995, at home in Hohokus, N.J. More than 400 friends attended his memorial service, including several classmates. He is survived by his...

Franklyn Carr died March 16, 2003, in North Palm Beach, Fla., soon after a late diagnosis of colon cancer. A memorable presence, Franklyn came to Princeton from...

The cause of Franklin S. Cibula’s death Sept. 9, 2008, in Redding, Calif., was a self-inflicted gunshot wound that may have been accidental. Except for his time at...

Paul Clark died lung cancer Dec. 29, 2012, at home in Reno, Nev. He came to Princeton from Governor Dummer Academy. Majoring in biology, Paul was vice chairman...

We lost a loyal classmate on Sept. 14, 2002, when Charlie succumbed to a ruptured ulcer. Unstintingly gracious, warm, funny, religious, altogether human, Charlie was...

John died Aug. 2, 2006. John graduated from Oneonta (N.Y.) High School, lettering in three sports and joining the National Honor Society. He attended Princeton on a...

Archibald Conn died of pancreatic cancer July 16, 2009, in Mukilteo, Wash. Born in Trenton, N.J., Archie came to Princeton from Rancocas Valley Regional High School....

Jay died of liver cancer Sept. 14, 2006. Coming to Princeton from Philadelphia’s Central High School and majoring in English, Jay participated in Naval ROTC and was a...

Warren died Feb. 6, 2012, losing an arduous battle with liposarcoma and paraneoplastic diseases. After graduating from Nyack High School, “Weed” — as we knew him in...

Andrew Davidson died in an automobile accident Dec. 21, 2006. Andrew was admitted to Princeton in the Class of 1961. However, he entered the college in 1959 with our...

Ariel died at home in Washington, D.C., of colon cancer on Sept. 23, 2000. Never one to dwell on illness, he sustained his family and friends with his gusto for life and...

David died Nov. 1, 2002. He came to Princeton from Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, N.Y., entering with the Class of 1961. David took a year off in 1960 to study...

John died suddenly and unexpectedly Feb. 18, 2010, in Madison, Wis. While he had undergone heart surgery, he was generally in excellent health. John came from West...

THE CLASS LOST one of its most loyal members when Lewis Van Dusen died Dec. 30, 1993, after a long, valiant fight with cancer. Lew's support of the class and of...

Paul Epstein died of pancreatic cancer March 12, 2009. He came to us from Swampscott (Mass.) High School. At Princeton, he dined at Key and Seal, was in the band,...

Rhys died peacefully on July 18, 2001 at his home in Dorset, Vt., after a two-year battle with cancer. The overflowing attendance at his funeral in Manchester was a...

Talcott “Tim” Griswold died at home in Carlsbad, Calif., March 3, 2009, from pulmonary fibrosis. He had been in hospice care for six weeks. Tim came to Princeton from...

Greg died peacefully July 11, 2012, of lung cancer, at home in Chevy Chase, Md., with his family by his side. Family members included Kathie, his wife of 49 years;...

Stephen C. Hansen died of brain cancer Aug. 21, 2007, at home in Fox Chapel, Pa. He was diagnosed with the disease last May. Steve entered Princeton from St. Paul's...

Rip, a retired professor from the Department of Foreign Languages at Auburn University, died Nov. 16, 2003, of colon cancer. Rip graduated from Princeton cum laude in...

David Hill died July 26, 2008, in Park Ridge, Ill., after an 18-month battle with skin cancer. Dave came to Princeton from Maine Township High School (next to the...

Alan Michael Huberman died on Jan. 4, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland, after a long illness.Mike came to Princeton from Newton HS in Newton, Mass. At Princeton he majored in...

Dave Jenkins died Oct. 21, 2010, in Sandpoint, Idaho, of rheumatic arthritis. Dave came to us from Scranton (Pa.) Central High School and Andover. At Princeton he...

Bob died June 4, 2009, at his Manhattan home. He had arrhythmia but generally had been healthy. He came to Princeton from the Barnard School (now Horace Mann). He...

Horst Kuettner died July 1, 2001, in Floral City, Fla. He was with us only for freshman year. His sister, Astrid Dunn, said “he was never comfortable with his name.” By...

Wendell Kury died Nov. 12, 2010, in the Medical Center of the Rockies. He had been hospitalized for several months after complications from surgery. Wendell came to...

Dick died May 28, 2004, in suburban Pittsburgh, one year after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Dick came to Princeton from the Gilman School. He majored in...

Gerry died of heart failure June 25, 2011, in Encino, Calif. Gerry entered Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School. An English major, he was a member of Key and Seal...

George died Oct. 15, 2002, of complications from pneumonia and edema resulting from high-altitude hiking in China. George entered Princeton from Simsbury (Conn.) High ...

Galen died Dec. 26, 2009, of pancreatic cancer at his Honolulu home. He came to us from Punahou School, President Obama’s alma mater. He dined at Key and Seal and...

Jerome P. Levine, professor of mathematics at Brandeis University and a prominent theorist in topology, died April 8, 2006, of lymphatic cancer. He was 68. After...

Drum died May 25, 2009, in Ottawa, Canada, having suffered a severe stroke in 2000. Born in England, Drum came to us from Upper Canada College in Toronto, where he had...

Jack died July 28, 2011, on Long Island, N.Y., of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He came to us from Bladensburg (Md.) High School. Graduating with honors in physics, Jack was a...

Dave McCabe died of leukemia Aug. 25, 1996, in MYC. Dave came to Princeton from Deerfield, where he had been managing editor of the school newspaper, and a member of the...

KENNETH MILLS DIED June 2, 1990, in Morristown, N.J., after an extensive battle with multiple sclerosis, first diagnosed in 1968, and, near the end, cancer. Ken came to...

Hudson Milner, who battled a glioblastoma brain tumor for more than four years with innovative treatment from NIH, died June 1, 2008, in Bethesda, Md. Entering...

Breck died Dec. 27, 2004, at his home in Woodbridge, Va., from pancreatic cancer. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery Feb. 17,...

Doug died April 23, 2004, in Marblehead, Mass., ultimately done in by an 18-year battle with postencephalitic parkinsonism.He was a lawyer, artist, illusionist,...

“Pete” Pelton died Sept. 13, 2012, at his home in Pasadena, Calif., after a battle with cancer. Pete came to us from St. Louis via Culver Military Academy. An NROTC ...

Harry Poole III died Dec. 10, 2007, having suffered a stroke 10 years ago. He graduated from Choate and entered Princeton with the Class of 1958....

VIC DIED in a smallplane crash while on a fishing trip with his son Monty'92 and friends, on July 30, 1992. His son and friends also died.Vic had a lifelong interest in...

Kenneth J. Suid died June 30, 2006, in Portland, Ore. He graduated from Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School before attending Princeton, where he majored in politics, was...

TAYLOR died Aug. 28, 1992, from injuries sustained in the crash of a small seaplane, while on a fishing trip in Alaska with his lifelong friend Vic Raiser '62 and Vic's...

Richard died of lung cancer Oct. 1, 2010, in Huntington, N.Y. Richard came to Princeton from Hotchkiss. He roomed with John McWilliams, dined at Tower, and majored in...

Peter died of cardiac arrest Oct. 29, 2011, four days after hip-replacement surgery in New York City. Peter came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy. His senior-year...

Alexander Torre-Tasso died of heart failure Aug. 29, 2011, at home in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He had been in ill health. Alex came to us from The Hill School. Rooming with...

Bev Tucker died of cancer (lung, then brain) Oct. 27, 2011, after four days in hospice care in Wickford, R.I., with his family present. Bev came to us from Walnut Hills...

BILL WESTFALL died Nov. 19, 1992, in Montclair, N.J., following an eightmonth battle with brain cancer.Bill graduated from Montclair High, where he received the school's...

David died Nov. 9, 2012, at home in Cayuga Heights, N.Y., of prostate cancer. David came to Princeton from the Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn, Pa., where he...

Woody died Sept. 18, 2003, in the Pacific Northwest. He came to Princeton from Wappingers School. Woody roomed with Tom Corwin, John Isacs, and John Roberts. He played...