MEMORIALS
Demetrius Delane McDowell *99
After a long illness, Demetrius McDowell died in NYC Aug. 17, 2003. He was 38. He had all but completed his doctoral dissertation in American…
Wayne O. Wilson *98
Religion, Nov. 1, 2005
John H. Brodie *98
John Hartley Brodie, a theoretical physicist, drowned in an accident Jan. 28, 2006, near Brattleboro, Vt. Brodie received bachelor's and master's degrees from Cornell in…
Cheng Liao *97
Computer Science, Jan. 1, 2001
Mark R.V. Southern *97
Germanic Languages, March 15, 2006
George K. Sweetnam *96
George K. Sweetnam, PhD in the history of science, lecturer in the history of science at Princeton, died on Sept. 5, 1997, at his home…
Tom H. Caudill *96
Woodrow Wilson School, Sept. 11, 2006
Theophanis Dymiotis *95
Theophanis Dymiotis died in a car accident March 10, 2007, after a performance with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, when an oncoming driver ran head-on into…
Zeljka Matutinovic *94
Zeljka Matutinovic died July 2, 2006, in a moped accident while vacationing on Martha's Vineyard. She was 41. Matutinovic, a native of Croatia, earned a…
Eric Scott Jefferson *93
ERIC JEFFERSON, a graduate student in the doctoral program in molecular biology at Princeton, died Oct. 23, 1993. Born Feb. 6, 1970 in Fredericksburg, Va…
Charlotte E. Ellertson *93
Charlotte Ellertson, a leading advocate for women's reproductive rights, died of breast cancer Mar. 21, 2004, in Boston. She was 38. Born in Johannesburg, South…
Firoozeh Khazrai *92
Firoozeh Khazrai, accomplished pianist and language instructor, died July 21, 2005, of brain cancer. She was 46. Khazrai was born in Tehran, Iran. She spent…
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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