MEMORIALS
Donald M. Ditmars ’30 *31
Donald M. Ditmars died at Easton [Pa.] Hospital, July 12, 1997. He was 89. Born in Trenton, he lived in Pennington since 1942. Donald was…
James H. Maroney ’30
Dr. James "Pat" Maroney died July 23, 1997, at the Morristown Memorial Hospital. He came to Princeton from Lawrenceville, participated in football and track, and…
Horton Oneil ’30
Horton O'Neil died Apr. 9, 1997, in Greenwich, Conn. Before entering Princeton he spent two years excavating Roman and Carthaginian ruins at Tunis in North…
Matt Taylor ’30
Matt Taylor, of Waynesville, N.C., died May 2, 1997. He was 88. A native of Kenosha, Wis., he prepared at the Taft School and was…
Thomas Ward Miles ’30
Tom was born June 21, 1907, in Carteret, N.J., and died Apr. 9, 1997. He prepared at the Pingry School in Elizabeth. At Princeton he…
Walter Lyle Gordon ’30 *32
Walter died in Oregon on Apr. 4, 1997. He was 89. Born in Buffalo, he prepared at Masten Park H.S. At Princeton he majored in…
Rev. H. Philip Steinmetz ’30
The Rev. Philip Humason Steinmetz of Marietta, Ga., died Mar. 15, 1997. He was 87. He was born in Cape May, N.J., Aug. 3, 1909…
Edwin J. Smith Jr. ’30
Edwin J. Smith Jr. died Dec. 29, 1995, in his hometown of Prescott, Ariz., where he retired in 1971. Born Apr. 23, 1906, in Buffalo…
John Livingston Haines French ’30
John French died May 4, 1995, in Hudson, Ohio, shortly after he had moved from Florida to stay with his daughter, Caroline. He came to…
Norman Bridge Roberg ’30
Norm died Jan. 8, 1997, in Rome, Italy, two weeks after the death of his wife, Elena. Born in Chicago, he prepared at Lake Forest…
Lloyd A. Free ’30
Lloyd A. Free died Nov. 11, 1996, at a nursing home in Bethesda, Md. Son of a Republican congressman, he was born in San Jose…
George Elton Snyder Jr. ’30
George Elton Snyder Jr. died Aug. 31, 1996, at Waverly Heights in Gladwyne, Pa. He was the husband of the late Frances "Soapie" Lux, whom…
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.
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