Princeton Alumni Weekly: Memorials

Sheldon A. Zabel '63

Sheldon, one of the nation’s top environmental litigators, died Oct. 17, 2008, after a long battle with cancer. Sheldon joined our class from Sioux Falls, S.D., where...

George Albert Zabriskie '48

George died from Parkinson's disease July 4, 2005. He spent the last days of his life in Pittsburgh to be close to his daughter, Tavia LaFollette, who profiled his life...

Kenneth H. Zabriskie Jr. '46 *53

Ken died Oct. 18, 2004.He came to Princeton from Ridgewood [N.J.] High School in 1942 to study chemical engineering. After Army service in the Philippines and Japan, he...

Philip T. Zabriskie '50

One of our true class scholars died Dec. 25, 2005, in his New York home.Phil Zabriskie, a son of '20, came to Princeton from Groton. He graduated with highest honors in...

John E. Zacharias '36

John died June 23, 2006, in Gladwyne, Pa. He was 90. He entered Princeton from Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in economics and was manager of the...

Eugene Bosworth Zachary '70

BUD ZACHARY died suddenly June 3, 1990, in Toronto, where he had lived for the past fifteen years, employed with Bell Canada as a systems analyst.Known by many of his...

Suzanne F. Zak '82

Suzanne died on June 3, 2001, after a two-year battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. At Princeton, Suzanne majored in psychology, cocaptained the women's basketball team, and...

Michael R. Zales '59

Mike Zales, an exuberant son of Princeton, died May 4, 2000, at home in Tucson of heart disease.Born in NYC and raised in Stamford, Conn., Mike graduated from St. Luke's...

Mark Zamkov '74

Mark Zamkov, loving family man and loyal friend, lost a 15-year battle with cancer Aug. 31, 1998.Zam arrived in New Haven from Poland in 1963, speaking no English. He...

James R. Zarfoss Jr. '71

Jim Zarfoss died Sept. 18, 2010, after a short and unexpected illness at York (Pa.) Hospital, the hospital where he was born. He died just weeks after escorting his...

John W. Zarker *58

John Zarker, a professor of classics emeritus at Tufts University, died Sept. 12, 2009, of complications from a brain tumor. He was 80. Zarker graduated from Franklin &...

John Wie Van Zaugg '40

Jack died June 2, 2004, in San Mateo, Calif.He prepared at Horace Mann and Riverdale Country Schools in New York, and at La Villa in Lausanne, Switzerland. At Princeton,...

Bryan Robert Zech '03

Bryan Robert Zech died suddenly Sept. 27, 2008, in Southern California. He was 27. Bryan grew up in Irvine, Calif., where he graduated from Mater Dei High School as a...

Samuel Howell Zeigler '41

We have just learned that Sam died Apr. 8, 2000, in Edinburgh, Scotland, after a long illness.A graduate of the Haverford School, he majored in the school of public and...

Richard A. Zeis '66

(The following memorial was posted at PAW Online on April 27, 2011; it did not appear in the print editions of PAW.) The Class learned only in January 2010 that our...

Sanford S. Zeller '65

Skip, a larger-than-life character whose warmth spread through every gathering he attended, from Reunions to motorcycle tours and racing events, died suddenly Aug. 25,...

Reginald Ely Zelnik '56

From all over the country came news of Reggie's tragic death on May 17, 2004.A beloved history professor who had taught at the University of California at Berkeley for...

Evarts Ziegler '38

EVARTS ZIEGLER, Hollywood literary agent, died of cancer at his home in Pasadena, Calif., Nov. 24, 1990. Zig prepared at Lenox School. He majored in English, graduating...

Robert Pogue Ziegler '60

Bob died Oct. 10, 2003, from congestive heart failure, the result of emphysema. He was born in Cincinnati and served in the Army before becoming a rancher in...

Thomas Quirk Ziegler '49

Tom Ziegler, a retired anesthesiologist, died Aug. 9, 1995, at his Auburn, Calif., home.He prepared at James Ford Rhodes School in Cleveland. At Princeton he majored in...

Marvin Zim '57

Marvin died July 6, 2011, in Potomac, Md., of staph infections. Born in New York City, he came to Princeton and majored in history. He joined Key and Seal, was...

Edward H. Zimmerman '44

Ted died Aug. 7, 2011, in Cranbury, N.J. At Princeton he roomed with Hal Mathisen and then Paul Windels. He majored in English and graduated in November 1943. ...

Paul D. Zimmerman '47

Paul Zimmerman died April 21, 2011, in Charlotte, N.C., his longtime home. He was living with his son, John, after Sally, whom he had married in 1952, died in 2000. Paul...

Robert Ervin Zimmerman '57

It is with regret that we report the death of Robert Ervin "Zim" Zimmerman. Bob grew up in Akron, Ohio, where he attended Garfield H.S. and came to Princeton in 1953....

Jerome Robert Zipkin '36

Jerry died June 8, 1995, of lung cancer. He was 80. A native New Yorker, he prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton he majored in art and archaeology. He left Princeton...

George Edward Zirk '44

Jud died Nov. 15, 2008, according to a very brief notice from the Obituary Registry, which only listed his last residence as Kearny, N.J. We have been unable to reach...

Charles B. Zucker *70

Charles Zucker, an architect and urban planner, died Feb. 5, 2010, five productive years after the detection of pancreatic cancer. He was 66. Zucker received a...

Howard S. Zucker '52

Howard died Aug. 28, 2007. His last known address was in Brooklyn, N.Y. Howard was a native of Brooklyn, where he attended Midwood High School. There he ...

Alan S. Zuckerman *71

Alan Zuckerman, a professor of political science who had taught at Brown University since 1970, died Aug. 20, 2009. He was 64. Zuckerman received a bachelor’s degree...

Royal Coleman Zuckerman '43

Roy died July 19, 2005, of pulmonary failure. He was 83.He prepped for Princeton at Exeter. Following discharge from the armed forces in World War II, he attended the...

Richard Rohr Zundel '35

Dick died Sept. 15, 1998, in JFK Hospital near his home in Edison, N.J. He was 85. He was a class favorite at Lawrenceville and Princeton, where he played freshman...

Constantine Kaysar Zurayk *30

Oriental Languages and Literature, Aug. 12, 2000

Warren S. Zweiback '57

ONE OF OUR Class's dear and genuine characters died Apr. 21, 1993, as a result of a car accident. Horsey was driving home from a checkup on his recent heart transplant,...

Norman Zwiebel *47

Chemistry, June 12, 2006

Craig V. Zwillman '67

Craig died peacefully Oct. 28, 2011. He had suffered for 11 years from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Craig was a National Merit Scholarship finalist at Columbia High...

Bruno J. Zwolinski *47

Bruno Zwolinski, professor emeritus of chemistry at Texas A&M University, died Oct. 25, 2010, at age 90. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Canisius College in 1941 and...

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July 6, 2011

Memorials by Name: Z

Sheldon, one of the nation’s top environmental litigators, died Oct. 17, 2008, after a long battle with cancer. Sheldon joined our class from Sioux Falls, S.D., where...

George died from Parkinson's disease July 4, 2005. He spent the last days of his life in Pittsburgh to be close to his daughter, Tavia LaFollette, who profiled his life...

Ken died Oct. 18, 2004.He came to Princeton from Ridgewood [N.J.] High School in 1942 to study chemical engineering. After Army service in the Philippines and Japan, he...

One of our true class scholars died Dec. 25, 2005, in his New York home.Phil Zabriskie, a son of '20, came to Princeton from Groton. He graduated with highest honors in...

John died June 23, 2006, in Gladwyne, Pa. He was 90. He entered Princeton from Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in economics and was manager of the...

BUD ZACHARY died suddenly June 3, 1990, in Toronto, where he had lived for the past fifteen years, employed with Bell Canada as a systems analyst.Known by many of his...

Suzanne died on June 3, 2001, after a two-year battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. At Princeton, Suzanne majored in psychology, cocaptained the women's basketball team, and...

Mike Zales, an exuberant son of Princeton, died May 4, 2000, at home in Tucson of heart disease.Born in NYC and raised in Stamford, Conn., Mike graduated from St. Luke's...

Mark Zamkov, loving family man and loyal friend, lost a 15-year battle with cancer Aug. 31, 1998.Zam arrived in New Haven from Poland in 1963, speaking no English. He...

Jim Zarfoss died Sept. 18, 2010, after a short and unexpected illness at York (Pa.) Hospital, the hospital where he was born. He died just weeks after escorting his...

John Zarker, a professor of classics emeritus at Tufts University, died Sept. 12, 2009, of complications from a brain tumor. He was 80. Zarker graduated from Franklin &...

Jack died June 2, 2004, in San Mateo, Calif.He prepared at Horace Mann and Riverdale Country Schools in New York, and at La Villa in Lausanne, Switzerland. At Princeton,...

Bryan Robert Zech died suddenly Sept. 27, 2008, in Southern California. He was 27. Bryan grew up in Irvine, Calif., where he graduated from Mater Dei High School as a...

We have just learned that Sam died Apr. 8, 2000, in Edinburgh, Scotland, after a long illness.A graduate of the Haverford School, he majored in the school of public and...

(The following memorial was posted at PAW Online on April 27, 2011; it did not appear in the print editions of PAW.) The Class learned only in January 2010 that our...

Skip, a larger-than-life character whose warmth spread through every gathering he attended, from Reunions to motorcycle tours and racing events, died suddenly Aug. 25,...

From all over the country came news of Reggie's tragic death on May 17, 2004.A beloved history professor who had taught at the University of California at Berkeley for...

EVARTS ZIEGLER, Hollywood literary agent, died of cancer at his home in Pasadena, Calif., Nov. 24, 1990. Zig prepared at Lenox School. He majored in English, graduating...

Bob died Oct. 10, 2003, from congestive heart failure, the result of emphysema. He was born in Cincinnati and served in the Army before becoming a rancher in...

Tom Ziegler, a retired anesthesiologist, died Aug. 9, 1995, at his Auburn, Calif., home.He prepared at James Ford Rhodes School in Cleveland. At Princeton he majored in...

Marvin died July 6, 2011, in Potomac, Md., of staph infections. Born in New York City, he came to Princeton and majored in history. He joined Key and Seal, was...

Ted died Aug. 7, 2011, in Cranbury, N.J. At Princeton he roomed with Hal Mathisen and then Paul Windels. He majored in English and graduated in November 1943. ...

Paul Zimmerman died April 21, 2011, in Charlotte, N.C., his longtime home. He was living with his son, John, after Sally, whom he had married in 1952, died in 2000. Paul...

It is with regret that we report the death of Robert Ervin "Zim" Zimmerman. Bob grew up in Akron, Ohio, where he attended Garfield H.S. and came to Princeton in 1953....

Jerry died June 8, 1995, of lung cancer. He was 80. A native New Yorker, he prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton he majored in art and archaeology. He left Princeton...

Jud died Nov. 15, 2008, according to a very brief notice from the Obituary Registry, which only listed his last residence as Kearny, N.J. We have been unable to reach...

Charles Zucker, an architect and urban planner, died Feb. 5, 2010, five productive years after the detection of pancreatic cancer. He was 66. Zucker received a...

Howard died Aug. 28, 2007. His last known address was in Brooklyn, N.Y. Howard was a native of Brooklyn, where he attended Midwood High School. There he ...

Alan Zuckerman, a professor of political science who had taught at Brown University since 1970, died Aug. 20, 2009. He was 64. Zuckerman received a bachelor’s degree...

Roy died July 19, 2005, of pulmonary failure. He was 83.He prepped for Princeton at Exeter. Following discharge from the armed forces in World War II, he attended the...

Dick died Sept. 15, 1998, in JFK Hospital near his home in Edison, N.J. He was 85. He was a class favorite at Lawrenceville and Princeton, where he played freshman...

Oriental Languages and Literature, Aug. 12, 2000

ONE OF OUR Class's dear and genuine characters died Apr. 21, 1993, as a result of a car accident. Horsey was driving home from a checkup on his recent heart transplant,...

Chemistry, June 12, 2006

Craig died peacefully Oct. 28, 2011. He had suffered for 11 years from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Craig was a National Merit Scholarship finalist at Columbia High...

Bruno Zwolinski, professor emeritus of chemistry at Texas A&M University, died Oct. 25, 2010, at age 90. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Canisius College in 1941 and...