Princeton Alumni Weekly: Memorials

Arthur Glenn Andrews '31

Glenn Andrews, the oldest living former member of Congress, died Sept. 25, 2008, in his native Anniston, Ala., just short of his 100th birthday. Glenn came to...

Robert S. Ringland '32

Robert S. Ringland died March 9, 2009, in his Burlington, Iowa, nursing home. He had been suffering from dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s, since the mid-1990s. Bob was...

Ernest R. Chamberlin '33

Ernie Chamberlin died Feb. 17, 2009, at Meadowood, a retirement community in Worcester, Pa. He was 96. He was born in Cranbury, N.J., grew up in nearby Hightstown, and...

Charles Richards Gordon '33

Dick died of natural causes Dec. 8, 2008. He was 97. Dick was a reporter and sportswriter for almost 80 years, earning the nickname “Scoop” during his Daily...

George A. Vondermuhll Jr. '35

Vondy died Jan. 12, 2008, at Duncaster Retirement Community in Bloomfield, Conn. He was the son of George A. Vondermuhll Sr. 1904 and Kate Louise Knapp. George grew up...

Stuart Warren Don '37

Stuart Warren Don died Feb. 2, 2009. Stu was born in Troy, N.Y., and lived in Saratoga, N.Y., as well as Louisville, Ky. He attended the Hotchkiss School before...

Joseph Garneau Ringwalt Jr. '38

Joe Ringwalt died Feb. 22, 2009, in Peterborough, N.H. He had moved there from Greenwich, Conn., by way of Dorset, Vt. He spent most of his life in Greenwich. Joe came...

Richard Emerick Reiss '39

Dick died at his home in Weston, Mass., Jan. 5, 2009. He had been a Weston resident for 37 years. Dick had a long career as a sales, marketing, and product-development...

George Francis Shaskan Jr. '39

George died Feb. 5, 2009, at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He had been fighting a staph infection he contracted while in the hospital for successful hip surgery. After...

William Brown Alexander V '41

Bill died Feb. 5, 2009, after a long illness. He came to Princeton from the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. At Princeton, Bill majored in chemical...

John Burr Clevenger '41

John died Nov. 6, 2008, after a short illness in the hospital. He had lived in Carolina Shores, N.C., for the past 23 years. John prepared at the Hun School. At...

William Campbell Orr '42

William C. Orr, a chemist and university administrator, died Jan. 16, 2009, of a head injury in Hartford, Conn. Bill prepped at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis....

Thomas Elliott Allen '44

Tom died Jan. 5, 2009, in his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 86. Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, he prepped at Elgin (Ill.) Academy. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, was...

John Lloyd King '44

John died Jan. 16, 2009, in a retirement community in Carlisle, Pa., his hometown for many decades. He was 87, and a beloved economics professor at Dickinson College....

Charles Hamilton Maddox Jr. '45

Charlie Maddox died Sept. 12, 2008. Charlie entered Princeton from Choate and joined Colonial Club. He left college for service with the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Sims, a...

David Preis Wilkinson '45 *49

Dave Wilkinson died Feb. 14, 2008. He entered Princeton from West Orange (N.J.) High School 10 years behind his brother, Harry ’35. Dave accelerated in his studies and...

Peter Curran Pulrang '46

Peter Pulrang died Sept. 23, 2008. He lived in Plattsburgh, N.Y., for many years and in Cedar Key and Tallahassee, Fla., after his retirement. Pete arrived at Princeton...

Michael Wright Huber '49

Mike died Jan. 5, 2009, at the age of 81. He prepared for Princeton at Millbrook School and majored in mechanical engineering. He was captain of the 150-pound crew, a...

William A. Lazareth '49

Bill died Feb. 23, 2008, at the age of 79. He prepared for Princeton at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. At Princeton, he majored in history. Bill was a...

James I. Peters Jr. '49

Jim died Dec. 28, 2008, of complications caused by Parkinson’s disease. He was 82. Jim prepared for Princeton at Holly Springs High School in Meridian, Miss. He served...

Eustace W. Buchanan '50

Pete died Feb. 9, 2009, in Beverly, Mass., of complications from prostate cancer. Pete was a devoted Princetonian and one of 11 Buchanans — including his father — who...

Harry R. Perley Jr. '50

Bob died Jan. 26, 2009, in Westfield, N.J. He was born in New York City and graduated from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y. At Princeton, where his father was in...

Francis Reed Hollendonner '51

Fran was born Feb. 19, 1927, in Jeannette, Pa., graduated from high school there, and after serving in the Coast Guard during World War II, attended Kiskiminetas Prep in...

George Delano Kopperl '51 *56

George was born March 17, 1930, in Orange, N.J., and came to Princeton from Phillips Academy, Andover. A chemical engineer, he belonged to Cannon and roomed with Bob...

Frederic Hume Wells '51

Hume was born Nov. 29, 1926, in New York City. Through his father, Frederic Jay Wells, he was descended from John Jay, first chief justice of the United States. Raised...

Samuel S. DeCou III '52

Sam DeCou died Oct. 26, 2008. He wrote in our 50th yearbook that he had had “a wonderful life.” Sam graduated from the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton he planned...

Louis P. Mathews '52

Born and raised in Baltimore, Pete Mathews graduated from the Gilman School, where he excelled at basketball and baseball. He converted to lacrosse while at Princeton. A...

Stuart S. Smith '52

Stu Smith died June 18, 2008, in Maryland, after a brief illness. He was 78 and still working full time at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Stu was born in...

James Dickinson Rhodes Harder '53

Jimmy, who brightened our lives with his good humor as our classmate and went on to appear in over 130 theatrical productions, numerous TV programs, radio shows, and...

Robert J. Blahut '54

The class sadly reports the death of Robert J. Blahut, Feb. 9, 2009, after a brave and lengthy battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Born in Plainfield, N.J., Bob...

Harold C. Hardenburg Jr. '54

Hal Hardenburg died April 11, 2009, at his home in Cedar City, Utah, from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Born in Plainfield, N.J., Hal graduated from North...

Michael Dennis '58

Mike Dennis, who lived nearly all his life in Montreal, Canada, died there suddenly of heart disease Dec. 17, 2008. He was 72. Mike came to us from Lower Canada College...

Nicholas Andrew Rey '60

Nick died of lung cancer Jan. 14, 2009, at his home in Washington, D.C. Born in Poland, he fled with his parents Sept. 5, 1939, four days after German forces invaded...

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,...

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...

Ben E. Laden '63

A nationally known economist who worked in industry, government, and academia, Ben died Jan. 20, 2009, at home in Washington, D.C. He suffered from frontotemporal...

Thomas M. Curto '65

Our beloved classmate, Tom “Turtle” Curto, died March 27, 2009, in San Francisco after a mercifully brief battle with esophageal cancer. At Princeton he roomed with...

George Arvid Peterson '65

George Arvid Peterson died Nov. 21, 2008, at home in Washington, D.C., after a courageous, yearlong battle with brain cancer. George’s life was celebrated Dec. 13 at...

John Stevenson Marshall '76

John S. Marshall died Dec. 7, 2008, at home in South Norwalk, Conn., of an apparent heart attack. John, who came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy, grew up in Darien,...

John Matthew Emery III '79

(Following is an expanded version of the memorial published in the print edition of PAW.) Jake died Dec. 7, 2008, at his home in Modesto, Calif., where he had practiced...

Charles B. Newmarch *51

Charles B. Newmarch, a Canadian petroleum geologist, died Dec. 21, 2008, at age 89. Newmarch received his Ph.D. in geology from Princeton in 1951, and worked for...

Ebrahim A. Saloojee *72

Ebrahim A. Saloojee, a prominent figure in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, died of Alzheimer’s disease Feb. 1, 2009. He was 73. Saloojee was a Parvin Fellow...

Current Issue

June 10, 2009

Recent Memorials

Published in June 10, 2009, issue

Glenn Andrews, the oldest living former member of Congress, died Sept. 25, 2008, in his native Anniston, Ala., just short of his 100th birthday. Glenn came to...

Robert S. Ringland died March 9, 2009, in his Burlington, Iowa, nursing home. He had been suffering from dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s, since the mid-1990s. Bob was...

Ernie Chamberlin died Feb. 17, 2009, at Meadowood, a retirement community in Worcester, Pa. He was 96. He was born in Cranbury, N.J., grew up in nearby Hightstown, and...

Dick died of natural causes Dec. 8, 2008. He was 97. Dick was a reporter and sportswriter for almost 80 years, earning the nickname “Scoop” during his Daily...

Vondy died Jan. 12, 2008, at Duncaster Retirement Community in Bloomfield, Conn. He was the son of George A. Vondermuhll Sr. 1904 and Kate Louise Knapp. George grew up...

Stuart Warren Don died Feb. 2, 2009. Stu was born in Troy, N.Y., and lived in Saratoga, N.Y., as well as Louisville, Ky. He attended the Hotchkiss School before...

Joe Ringwalt died Feb. 22, 2009, in Peterborough, N.H. He had moved there from Greenwich, Conn., by way of Dorset, Vt. He spent most of his life in Greenwich. Joe came...

Dick died at his home in Weston, Mass., Jan. 5, 2009. He had been a Weston resident for 37 years. Dick had a long career as a sales, marketing, and product-development...

George died Feb. 5, 2009, at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He had been fighting a staph infection he contracted while in the hospital for successful hip surgery. After...

Bill died Feb. 5, 2009, after a long illness. He came to Princeton from the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. At Princeton, Bill majored in chemical...

John died Nov. 6, 2008, after a short illness in the hospital. He had lived in Carolina Shores, N.C., for the past 23 years. John prepared at the Hun School. At...

William C. Orr, a chemist and university administrator, died Jan. 16, 2009, of a head injury in Hartford, Conn. Bill prepped at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis....

Tom died Jan. 5, 2009, in his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 86. Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, he prepped at Elgin (Ill.) Academy. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, was...

John died Jan. 16, 2009, in a retirement community in Carlisle, Pa., his hometown for many decades. He was 87, and a beloved economics professor at Dickinson College....

Charlie Maddox died Sept. 12, 2008. Charlie entered Princeton from Choate and joined Colonial Club. He left college for service with the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Sims, a...

Dave Wilkinson died Feb. 14, 2008. He entered Princeton from West Orange (N.J.) High School 10 years behind his brother, Harry ’35. Dave accelerated in his studies and...

Peter Pulrang died Sept. 23, 2008. He lived in Plattsburgh, N.Y., for many years and in Cedar Key and Tallahassee, Fla., after his retirement. Pete arrived at Princeton...

Mike died Jan. 5, 2009, at the age of 81. He prepared for Princeton at Millbrook School and majored in mechanical engineering. He was captain of the 150-pound crew, a...

Bill died Feb. 23, 2008, at the age of 79. He prepared for Princeton at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. At Princeton, he majored in history. Bill was a...

Jim died Dec. 28, 2008, of complications caused by Parkinson’s disease. He was 82. Jim prepared for Princeton at Holly Springs High School in Meridian, Miss. He served...

Pete died Feb. 9, 2009, in Beverly, Mass., of complications from prostate cancer. Pete was a devoted Princetonian and one of 11 Buchanans — including his father — who...

Bob died Jan. 26, 2009, in Westfield, N.J. He was born in New York City and graduated from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y. At Princeton, where his father was in...

Fran was born Feb. 19, 1927, in Jeannette, Pa., graduated from high school there, and after serving in the Coast Guard during World War II, attended Kiskiminetas Prep in...

George was born March 17, 1930, in Orange, N.J., and came to Princeton from Phillips Academy, Andover. A chemical engineer, he belonged to Cannon and roomed with Bob...

Hume was born Nov. 29, 1926, in New York City. Through his father, Frederic Jay Wells, he was descended from John Jay, first chief justice of the United States. Raised...

Sam DeCou died Oct. 26, 2008. He wrote in our 50th yearbook that he had had “a wonderful life.” Sam graduated from the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton he planned...

Born and raised in Baltimore, Pete Mathews graduated from the Gilman School, where he excelled at basketball and baseball. He converted to lacrosse while at Princeton. A...

Stu Smith died June 18, 2008, in Maryland, after a brief illness. He was 78 and still working full time at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Stu was born in...

Jimmy, who brightened our lives with his good humor as our classmate and went on to appear in over 130 theatrical productions, numerous TV programs, radio shows, and...

The class sadly reports the death of Robert J. Blahut, Feb. 9, 2009, after a brave and lengthy battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Born in Plainfield, N.J., Bob...

Hal Hardenburg died April 11, 2009, at his home in Cedar City, Utah, from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Born in Plainfield, N.J., Hal graduated from North...

Mike Dennis, who lived nearly all his life in Montreal, Canada, died there suddenly of heart disease Dec. 17, 2008. He was 72. Mike came to us from Lower Canada College...

Nick died of lung cancer Jan. 14, 2009, at his home in Washington, D.C. Born in Poland, he fled with his parents Sept. 5, 1939, four days after German forces invaded...

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,...

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...

A nationally known economist who worked in industry, government, and academia, Ben died Jan. 20, 2009, at home in Washington, D.C. He suffered from frontotemporal...

Our beloved classmate, Tom “Turtle” Curto, died March 27, 2009, in San Francisco after a mercifully brief battle with esophageal cancer. At Princeton he roomed with...

George Arvid Peterson died Nov. 21, 2008, at home in Washington, D.C., after a courageous, yearlong battle with brain cancer. George’s life was celebrated Dec. 13 at...

John S. Marshall died Dec. 7, 2008, at home in South Norwalk, Conn., of an apparent heart attack. John, who came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy, grew up in Darien,...

(Following is an expanded version of the memorial published in the print edition of PAW.) Jake died Dec. 7, 2008, at his home in Modesto, Calif., where he had practiced...

Charles B. Newmarch, a Canadian petroleum geologist, died Dec. 21, 2008, at age 89. Newmarch received his Ph.D. in geology from Princeton in 1951, and worked for...

Ebrahim A. Saloojee, a prominent figure in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, died of Alzheimer’s disease Feb. 1, 2009. He was 73. Saloojee was a Parvin Fellow...