MEMORIALS
William Lincoln Seibert ’28
William Seibert died July 8, 1999, in Charlottesville, Va. After graduating from Princeton, he earned a law degree from Fordham U. Law School, and joined…
Robert E. Waite ’28 *29
Born July 4, 1907, in Elizabeth, N.J., Bob was a man with a passion for learning. He was valedictorian of his high school class at…
Charles H. Wisner ’28
Charles Wisner of Manasota, Fla., died May 20, 1998. Born in NYC and raised in Summit, N.J., he prepared at Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored…
R. Park Johnson ’28 *41
Dr. R. Park Johnson, secretary of the Class of '28 for the past 23 years, died June 14, 1998. During that time he filed 17…
Davenport Plumer Jr. ’28
Davenport Plumer died Mar. 28, 1998. He grew up in Ambler, Pa., and attended Gilman School. At Princeton he majored in history and belonged to…
Howard Richmond Merriman ’28
Hap Merriman, a lifelong resident of Providence, R.I., and Little Compton, died Nov. 16, 1997, at the Chaffee Nursing Home in East Providence. His wife…
Charles Humbert Tinsman ’28
Hum Tinsman died Sept. 1, 1997, in Shawnee Mission, Kan. He attended Kansas City Country Day School. At Princeton he majored in economics, was a…
Charles Merritt Case Jr. ’28
Merritt Case died Dec. 15, 1996, in Wayzata, a suburb of Minneapolis, where he had lived most of his life. He prepared at Lawrenceville. At…
Patrick Connelly Bernard Smith ’28
Pat Smith died in Knoxville, Tenn., on June 17, 1997. He had lived all his life in Knoxville. He prepared at the Princeton Tutoring School…
Stephen Jennings Sanford ’28
Steve Sanford died in West Palm Beach, Fla., Mar. 21, 1997, after an illness following a stroke. At Princeton he was a member of the…
Edward Sheldon Stewart ’28
Sheldon Stewart, a retired lawyer in NYC, died Jan. 21, 1997, after a long illness. He was in the Class of '27 at Princeton but…
Wilber Hurlbut Young Jr. ’28
"Tex" Young, a geology consultant and petroleum engineer, died Aug. 8, 1996, in Wellsville, N.Y. He was born in Texas, hence the name, but was…
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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