MEMORIALS
John S. Thompson ’27 *28
John S. Thompson died Nov. 30, 1996, at Waverley Heights Retirement Center in Gladwyne, Pa. Tommy came to us from South Side H.S. After graduating…
Hubert Alyea ’24 *28
Hubert Newcombe Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton, died in Hightstown, N.J., Oct. 19, 1996. He was 93. While at Princeton, Hubert played…
Norman A. Levy *28
Norman died at home in Los Angeles Dec. 21, 2005, after a brief illness. He was 98. Norman was a pioneer in the development of…
Elmer Ellsworth Fleck *28
ELMER ELLSWORTH FLECK, prestigious research chemist, died July 6, 1992, at the age of 89. Son of a clergyman, Dr. Fleck grew up in Lincoln…
George Townsend Derby ’25 *28
COL. GEORGE TOWNSEND DERBY, son of Col. George McClellan Derby, was born Jan. 14, 1905, and died in Naples, Fla., Oct. 28, 1992. He left…
William F. Hart *28
Chemistry, April 12 2006
Paul R. Chesebro *27
Chemistry, June 20, 2005
Donald Graves Fudge ’25 *27
Don Fudge was born in Elmira, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1904, and died there Dec. 16, 1997. He prepared at Elmira Academy. At Princeton he was…
Alonzo Church ’24 *27
Alonzo Church, a philosopher and mathematician, died Aug. 11, 1995. He was 92. He attended Ridgefield School in Connecticut, where he helped edit the school…
Edwin H. Rian *27
The Reverend Dr. Edwin H. Rian died Aug. 22, 1995. He was 95. He lived in San Diego, Calif. Born in Minneapolis, Minn., he earned…
Calvert Nice Ellis *27
Calvert Nice Ellis, president emeritus of Juniata College, prominent educator, and ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren, died Apr. 7, 1995. He was…
Ralph D. Bennett *27
RALPH BENNETT died of pneumonia Feb. 15, 1994. He was 93 years old. He got his Ph.D. in physics from the Univ. of Chicago and…
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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