Princeton Alumni Weekly: Memorials

Pendennis White Reed '31

Pen Reed died Jan. 20, 2008, in Vero Beach, Fla. He came to Princeton from Carteret (N.J.) Academy. At Princeton he took his meals at Quadrangle and roomed all four...

John H. Harman Jr. '33

John N. Harman Jr. of Boulder City, Nev., died after a brief illness Sept. 28, 2007. He was 95. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, and was elected to...

Bayard Henry Roberts '34

Bayard Roberts, president of our class from 1989 to 1994 and long active in class affairs, died June 8, 2008, in Bryn Mawr, Pa. He was 96. In his final president’s...

James Hamilton Scheifley '34

Jim Scheifley, who after nearly 25 years with the Ford Motor Co. retired in 1962 as industrial relations manager for Argentina, died May 22, 2008. He and his wife, the...

William E. Attwood Jr. '36

Bill was born and lived most of his life in New Britain, Conn. He died there April 17, 2008. At Princeton, Bill was in the School of Public and International Affairs....

Robert Budd Gibby '36

Bob’s death April 21, 2008, was a big blow for us. He had been an inspirational leader as our class president for the past 12 years. He came from Roselle, N.J., the...

Gilbert Lea '36

Gil’s father was Langdon “Biffy” Lea 1896, longtime Tiger football coach. Gil’s brothers were Frank Lea ’27 and Langdon Lea Jr. ’32. Gil was an All-American end on our...

Thomas Quinlevan Gilson '38

Tom died of pneumonia April 14, 2008, in Carmichael, Calif. He was born in Summit, N.J., and attended Summit High School. At Princeton he majored in economics,...

John Stager Shirk '39

Johnny died April 1, 2008, at Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital after a month-long illness. Johnny had forged a second career as a civic leader while managing two...

Walter Rankin Sylvester '39

Walt died March 12, 2008, in Washington (D.C.) Hospital Center following an auto accident that led to a heart attack, the discovery of colon cancer, and, finally,...

Harmon Hadley Ashley Jr. '41

Ash died Jan. 26, 2008. He prepared at the Hun School and Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in English and graduated with honors. Ash was a columnist and book...

Gazaway Lamar Crittenden Jr. '41

Crit died April 8, 2008, at his home at Dover, Mass. An Exeter graduate, he majored in the School of Public and International Affairs. Crit played freshman and varsity...

John Edward Krout '41

John died April 15, 2008, in Miami, Fla., following a fall at his home in the Bahamas. Born in 1920 in Narberth, Pa., he graduated cum laude from the Haverford...

Frank Hoover Longstreth '44

Stretch died March 19, 2008, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He was 86. Born into Philadelphia’s Main Line, he prepped at the Haverford School and earned a bachelor’s degree...

Charles Spencer Nimick '44

Chuck died April 15, 2008, in Latrobe, Pa. He was one of five sons of Francis B. Nimick ’13 of Pittsburgh, all of whom prepped at Sewickley Academy and Phillips...

Walter A. Saitta '44

Walt died March 31, 2008, in Doraville, Ga. He was 87. Walt was a leader in the insurance business for most of his career. Born in Westfield, N.J., the son of a...

John Gridley Underhill '44

John Underhill died April 11, 2008, in Slingerlands, N.Y. He was 86. Born in Albany, where his mother came from a historic Hudson Valley family, he prepped at Albany...

Carl Frederick Paulson '45 *48

Fred, our class treasurer, died of cancer Feb. 17, 2008. At Princeton, he was a member of the Glee Club, played in the marching band, and was elected to Phi Beta...

Frank Simpson Whiting '45

Frank Whiting died Jan. 24, 2008. Frank entered Princeton from The Hill School, but left the University for service as an infantry officer assigned to the headquarters...

R. Douglas Kerr '46

Douglas Kerr died Feb. 17, 2008, in Richmond, Va. He came to Princeton from Greenwich, Conn., in 1942, was a member of Tiger Inn, and graduated with a degree in...

J. Jay Nichols '46

Jay Nichols died Feb. 9, 2008. Jay came to Princeton from Evanston (Ill.) High School in 1942, but stayed here for only a year. After World War II, he joined the Pure...

John Trevor Pierce '46

Trevor Peirce died of cancer March 7, 2008, in Wheeling, W. Va. Visual problems kept him out of the military during World War II, although he served in the Merchant...

Norman Shethar '46

Norman Shethar died March 5, 2008, in Littleton, Mass. He came to Princeton from Rhode Island and graduated magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa in...

Herbert W. Warden III '46

Herbert Warden died March 28, 2008, in Charleston, S.C., after a brief illness. He was 83. He was born in Philadelphia, attended Le Rosey in Switzerland and St....

Albert Minzter '47

Al joined us in ’43 as a pre-med student. Graduating in 1946, he went on to Johns Hopkins and then a two-year Korean War stint as an Army captain. In 1953 he took up...

Thomas C. Dunn '50

Tom died March 25, 2008, at his home in Winston-Salem, N.C., after a long struggle with stomach cancer. He was born in Hong Kong and raised in Shanghai. In 1947 at age...

A. John May Jr. '50

Jack died March 23, 2008, of heart failure at his second home in Florida. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell described Jack as “the epitome of what you think of as a business...

Joey Leigh McCandless '51 *52

The class lost one of its stars with the death of Jake McCandless. Jake majored in psychology, belonged to Tiger Inn, and roomed with Frank Benenati, Dick Simmons, and...

W. Laird Stabler Jr. '52

Laird died Feb. 24, 2008, in Wilmington, Del., his lifelong home. He was an extraordinarily respected figure in Delaware’s public life. He served two terms in the...

Robert Norman Richards '54

Robert Richards died May 17, 2008, at Woodside Village in Grand Forks, N.D., after a long battle with Lewy body disease. Born in Sunbury, Pa., he graduated from...

Harry P. Ward '55

After a lifetime of service and achievement, Harry died March 11, 2008, at home in Little Rock, Ark., following a valiant struggle with emphysema. Born in Pueblo,...

James W. Halloran '56

Jim died March 9, 2008, at his home in Toledo, Ohio. He came to Princeton from Louisville, Ky., and soon thereafter befriended fellow classmate George Patterson. They...

Charles R. Ellis '57

Charlie Ellis died May 4, 2008, after a battle with cancer. At Princeton, he majored in English and roomed senior year with Bill Faltz. After graduation, Charlie...

Michael F. Lanham '60

Mike Lanham died May 13, 2008, of pulmonary effusion and kidney cancer. Born in Santa Monica, Calif., he was a resident of Santa Barbara. At Princeton, Mike was a...

William Griffin Hayes '63

Bill Hayes, a highly respected attorney and community member in Santa Barbara, Calif., died Feb. 21, 2005, after battling a brain tumor. He lived nearly his entire...

Henry Clay Moses III '63

Henry Moses, revered headmaster of Trinity School in Manhattan and beloved vice president of our class, died April 16, 2008, from complications of a heart transplant....

Donald C. Stuart III '63

Jeb Stuart, the longtime co-owner, editor, and publisher of the Town Topics weekly newspaper in Princeton, died June 4, 2008, at home after a lengthy fight with prostate...

Susan Lynn Hurley '76

The class lost its salutatorian and one of its brightest stars with the death of Susan Hurley Aug. 15, 2007, in Oxford, England, following a 12-year struggle with breast...

Ira M. Cohen *63

Ira M. Cohen, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, died Dec. 8, 2007. He was 70. Cohen earned a...

Anthony K. Amos *66

Anthony K. Amos, emeritus professor of aerospace engineering at Pennsylvania State University, died suddenly Dec. 18, 2006, in his native Ghana. He was 72. Amos...

Mary Starritt Hall *68

Mary Starritt Hall, retired University of Vermont English professor and the first woman to qualify for a Ph.D. in English from Princeton, died Dec. 18, 2007, of...

Current Issue

Sept. 24, 2008

Recent Memorials

Published in Sept. 24, 2008, issue

Pen Reed died Jan. 20, 2008, in Vero Beach, Fla. He came to Princeton from Carteret (N.J.) Academy. At Princeton he took his meals at Quadrangle and roomed all four...

John N. Harman Jr. of Boulder City, Nev., died after a brief illness Sept. 28, 2007. He was 95. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, and was elected to...

Bayard Roberts, president of our class from 1989 to 1994 and long active in class affairs, died June 8, 2008, in Bryn Mawr, Pa. He was 96. In his final president’s...

Jim Scheifley, who after nearly 25 years with the Ford Motor Co. retired in 1962 as industrial relations manager for Argentina, died May 22, 2008. He and his wife, the...

Bill was born and lived most of his life in New Britain, Conn. He died there April 17, 2008. At Princeton, Bill was in the School of Public and International Affairs....

Bob’s death April 21, 2008, was a big blow for us. He had been an inspirational leader as our class president for the past 12 years. He came from Roselle, N.J., the...

Gil’s father was Langdon “Biffy” Lea 1896, longtime Tiger football coach. Gil’s brothers were Frank Lea ’27 and Langdon Lea Jr. ’32. Gil was an All-American end on our...

Tom died of pneumonia April 14, 2008, in Carmichael, Calif. He was born in Summit, N.J., and attended Summit High School. At Princeton he majored in economics,...

Johnny died April 1, 2008, at Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital after a month-long illness. Johnny had forged a second career as a civic leader while managing two...

Walt died March 12, 2008, in Washington (D.C.) Hospital Center following an auto accident that led to a heart attack, the discovery of colon cancer, and, finally,...

Ash died Jan. 26, 2008. He prepared at the Hun School and Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in English and graduated with honors. Ash was a columnist and book...

Crit died April 8, 2008, at his home at Dover, Mass. An Exeter graduate, he majored in the School of Public and International Affairs. Crit played freshman and varsity...

John died April 15, 2008, in Miami, Fla., following a fall at his home in the Bahamas. Born in 1920 in Narberth, Pa., he graduated cum laude from the Haverford...

Stretch died March 19, 2008, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He was 86. Born into Philadelphia’s Main Line, he prepped at the Haverford School and earned a bachelor’s degree...

Chuck died April 15, 2008, in Latrobe, Pa. He was one of five sons of Francis B. Nimick ’13 of Pittsburgh, all of whom prepped at Sewickley Academy and Phillips...

Walt died March 31, 2008, in Doraville, Ga. He was 87. Walt was a leader in the insurance business for most of his career. Born in Westfield, N.J., the son of a...

John Underhill died April 11, 2008, in Slingerlands, N.Y. He was 86. Born in Albany, where his mother came from a historic Hudson Valley family, he prepped at Albany...

Fred, our class treasurer, died of cancer Feb. 17, 2008. At Princeton, he was a member of the Glee Club, played in the marching band, and was elected to Phi Beta...

Frank Whiting died Jan. 24, 2008. Frank entered Princeton from The Hill School, but left the University for service as an infantry officer assigned to the headquarters...

Douglas Kerr died Feb. 17, 2008, in Richmond, Va. He came to Princeton from Greenwich, Conn., in 1942, was a member of Tiger Inn, and graduated with a degree in...

Jay Nichols died Feb. 9, 2008. Jay came to Princeton from Evanston (Ill.) High School in 1942, but stayed here for only a year. After World War II, he joined the Pure...

Trevor Peirce died of cancer March 7, 2008, in Wheeling, W. Va. Visual problems kept him out of the military during World War II, although he served in the Merchant...

Norman Shethar died March 5, 2008, in Littleton, Mass. He came to Princeton from Rhode Island and graduated magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa in...

Herbert Warden died March 28, 2008, in Charleston, S.C., after a brief illness. He was 83. He was born in Philadelphia, attended Le Rosey in Switzerland and St....

Al joined us in ’43 as a pre-med student. Graduating in 1946, he went on to Johns Hopkins and then a two-year Korean War stint as an Army captain. In 1953 he took up...

Tom died March 25, 2008, at his home in Winston-Salem, N.C., after a long struggle with stomach cancer. He was born in Hong Kong and raised in Shanghai. In 1947 at age...

Jack died March 23, 2008, of heart failure at his second home in Florida. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell described Jack as “the epitome of what you think of as a business...

The class lost one of its stars with the death of Jake McCandless. Jake majored in psychology, belonged to Tiger Inn, and roomed with Frank Benenati, Dick Simmons, and...

Laird died Feb. 24, 2008, in Wilmington, Del., his lifelong home. He was an extraordinarily respected figure in Delaware’s public life. He served two terms in the...

Robert Richards died May 17, 2008, at Woodside Village in Grand Forks, N.D., after a long battle with Lewy body disease. Born in Sunbury, Pa., he graduated from...

After a lifetime of service and achievement, Harry died March 11, 2008, at home in Little Rock, Ark., following a valiant struggle with emphysema. Born in Pueblo,...

Jim died March 9, 2008, at his home in Toledo, Ohio. He came to Princeton from Louisville, Ky., and soon thereafter befriended fellow classmate George Patterson. They...

Charlie Ellis died May 4, 2008, after a battle with cancer. At Princeton, he majored in English and roomed senior year with Bill Faltz. After graduation, Charlie...

Mike Lanham died May 13, 2008, of pulmonary effusion and kidney cancer. Born in Santa Monica, Calif., he was a resident of Santa Barbara. At Princeton, Mike was a...

Bill Hayes, a highly respected attorney and community member in Santa Barbara, Calif., died Feb. 21, 2005, after battling a brain tumor. He lived nearly his entire...

Henry Moses, revered headmaster of Trinity School in Manhattan and beloved vice president of our class, died April 16, 2008, from complications of a heart transplant....

Jeb Stuart, the longtime co-owner, editor, and publisher of the Town Topics weekly newspaper in Princeton, died June 4, 2008, at home after a lengthy fight with prostate...

The class lost its salutatorian and one of its brightest stars with the death of Susan Hurley Aug. 15, 2007, in Oxford, England, following a 12-year struggle with breast...

Ira M. Cohen, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, died Dec. 8, 2007. He was 70. Cohen earned a...

Anthony K. Amos, emeritus professor of aerospace engineering at Pennsylvania State University, died suddenly Dec. 18, 2006, in his native Ghana. He was 72. Amos...

Mary Starritt Hall, retired University of Vermont English professor and the first woman to qualify for a Ph.D. in English from Princeton, died Dec. 18, 2007, of...