MEMORIALS
Wilfred Cantwell Smith *48
Oriental Languages & Literature, Feb. 7, 2000
Harold C. Foust *48
Chemistry, Dec. 5, 2006
Byron Fairchild ’35 *48
Belatedly the class has learned that Barney Fairchild-hiker, sailor, history professor, and military writer/adviser-died in Alexandria, Va., Aug. 1, 1996. Born in Nanticoke, Pa., he…
James Doolittle ’39 *48
Jim died May 24, 1998, at the Veterans' Hospital in Scarborough, Maine. Even as an undergraduate majoring in modern languages, Jim had decided on a…
Carl Fluid Maples ’42 *48
Carl died June 22, 1998, in Knoxville, Tenn. He retired in 1990 after a long and distinguished career in architecture. He prepared for Princeton at…
Donald Chessman Beere ’38 *48
Fittingly, Don was born May 19, 1916, in West Point, N.Y., son of a USMA Field Artillery lieutenant colonel. Our classmate died in his retirement…
Wesley E. Brittin *48
Physics, Aug. 1, 2006
Frederick S. Porter Jr. *48
Aeronautical Engineering, March 1983
William C. Pritchard *48
Nuclear Science, March 27, 1991
Daniel Bershader *48
Daniel Bershader, a professor emeritus of aeronautics and astronautics at Leland Stanford Univ. and a pioneer in the study of supersonic flight, died May 30…
William George Mollenkopf *48
WILLIAM GEORGE MOLLENKOPF, psychologist and personnel administration specialist, at the age of 75, died Sept. 17, 1992. Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., Dr. Mollenkopf earned, with…
Robert Osborn Jr. ’44 *48
BOB OSBORN died June 5, 1992, following a yearlong illness. His wife, Patricia jean Norman, preceded him in death in May 1987. He is survived…
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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