MEMORIALS
Fariborz Hamzei ’78
Fari died Oct. 7, 2025, in Naples, Fla. He was a proud Persian, born in Iran and settling in the U.S. in 1972. Fari happily…
Stewart Mittnacht Jr. ’74
Stewart died Jan. 23, 2026. He came to Princeton from Chestnut Hill Academy and after graduation attended Duke Business School. He had a long career…
John Mark Clapp ’74
Mark died Oct. 6, 2025, at Walter Reed National Military Hospital in Maryland of leukemia. Born Sept. 17, 1952, in Jos, Nigeria, where his parents…
Robert S. Rooth ’71
Bob died Dec. 15, 2025, in his adopted hometown of New Orleans after a long battle with cancer. Like his father, Steve ’41, and brother…
John Jeffrey Goodwin ’71 *73
After a long battle with lung cancer, Jeff died Jan. 9, 2026. He grew up in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where he became fiercely committed to…
Philip Connell ’71
Flip died Jan. 9, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia. He came to Princeton from Wardlaw Country Day in Plainfield, N.J., Flip was a religion major, belonged…
Richard Belding ’69
Rick died Jan. 16, 2026, at home in Tucson, Ariz. His death from mesothelioma came just weeks shy of his 78th birthday. Rick attended high…
Henry Waszkowski ’68
Henry died Jan. 28, 2026, in Atlanta. He came to us from the Loomis School, where he was active on the school newspaper and yearbook…
Lawrence K. Spitz ’68
Larry —a Renaissance man, physician, fraud-busting entrepreneur, ceramicist, orchardist, adventurer, fisherman, epicurean, and above all a man generous with his time, resources, and love —…
Edward J. Sarton ’68
Jay died Oct. 12, 2025, in Scarborough, Maine, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He came to us from Arlington (Mass.) High School, where…
Peter J. Kashatus ’68
Pete died Feb. 3, 2026, in Charlottesville, Va., after suffering from vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Pete came to us from G.A.R. Memorial High School…
David S. Swayze ’66
Dave died Jan. 23, 2026. The immediate cause was a concussion sustained in a fall. For several years, he had suffered from macular degeneration, robbing…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
Remembering Richard Springs III ’64
Dick was ‘a philosophy major playing football, which always bemused our father enormously. Or maybe a football player
majoring in philosophy ... ’ — Lanny Springs ’64
Remembering Bill Miller ’55
"When Bill was at Elm Club, as an undergraduate, he wasn’t especially remarkable. As a person in the landman field, I don’t think he was especially remarkable there. But he…
Remembering Jennifer Parmelee ’80
“Jenni had the deepest sense of responsibility to give back and to do good and to support the little guy. … as time went on, she never lost that sense…
Remembering Victor Brombert
“Brombert was very concerned that I talk about his love of teaching. He said, ‘My love isn’t war, it’s teaching and I hope you’ll find a place to mention that,’…
Remembering Karl Hummel ’67
“What’s unique about Karl is he represented all these great, broad, national economic and management and philosophy trends. He touched on every one of them. I don’t know many other…
Remembering Isabella De La Houssaye ’86
‘We had a rule. You can’t compare yourself to Isabella because fool’s errand. But whatever race you were on, you always could push yourself further thinking of her and thinking…
Remembering Ernie T. Pascarella ’65
‘Just so that everybody knows, this was one outstanding guy in every way,’ said Cosmo Iacavazzi ’65
Remembering Joe Schein ’37
Joe Schein ’37 the oldest living alum in Princeton's history at the time of his death. He carried the 1923 Silver Cane eight times at the P-rade during Reunions.
PAW IN PRINT
July 2026
Architect Tod Williams ’65 *67 reflects on the Obama Presidential Center; rain and revelry at Reunions.
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