MEMORIALS
Herbert Beckhard *50
Noted architect Herbert Beckhard died Sept. 11, 2003, in Glen Cove, N.Y., of complications from a fall. He was 77. Beckhard earned an MFA in…
H. Bryce Roberts ’44 *50
Bryce died on Oct. 4, 2001, after a year's battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Coming to Princeton from Loomis-Chaffee School, he majored in politics and was…
Warren Roberts Jr. *50
Politics, Oct. 21, 2000
William Jacob Newman *50
History, July 9, 2000
George Abraham Snow *50
Physics, June 24, 2000
William Joseph Morris *50
Geology, Jan. 10, 2000
Edward F. Rivinus ’37 *50
Foreign policy expert, Smithsonian senior science editor, and avid hunter, Ted Rivinus died Nov. 3, 1998, in an auto accident. His 44-year marriage to Esther…
Peter Brock Putnam ’42 *50
Pete died Sept. 23, 1998, in Princeton, after a three-year struggle with lymphoma. From the time of his suicide attempt, senior year, in which he…
John Blair Insley Pyne ’42 *50
Insley died Sept. 5, 1998, at Capital Health System Fuld Hospital in Ewing, N.J. He was retired Princeton professor of physics and electrical engineering. He…
Frank E. Fischer *50
Frank Elmer Fischer died June 4, 1998, in Lugano, Switzerland. He was 88. He earned his baccalaureate in 1933 from Swarthmore College, where he was…
Gabriel Gabrelian *50
Politics, Mar. 16, 2006
Charles M. Fergussen Jr. *50
Woodrow Wilson School, Sept. 15, 2006
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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