MEMORIALS
Leon Atwood Brown *18
LEON ATWOOD BROWN, age 75, died June 15, 1980. He was born in Troutmans, N.C., in 1894, and lived there in his early years. He…
Emilly Y. Zhu ’13
Emilly died June 12, 2015, after a motor vehicle crash. She was 23. Emilly was born in Japan, where she lived until age 3 before…
Richard E. Palicki ’68
Dick died June 22, 2015, in Blue Bell, Pa., after a brief illness; he was 71. He originally matriculated with the Class of 1966, but…
Antal P. De Bekessy ’65
Tony died April 16, 2015, in Paris, having been in poor health recently. His home was in the United States, but he also lived in…
John F. Hopkins ’64
Hoppy died June 20, 2015, at his home in East Charleston, Vt., after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis. He was 73. He grew up…
John S. Loverro ’62
John died Feb. 7, 2015, of heart failure. While he had conquered heart conditions for several years, bouts with the flu and pneumonia overcame him…
Donald T. Spangenberg Jr. ’61
Don died Feb. 17, 2015, from complications after hip surgery. He is remembered for being passionate about giving his best in any situation. Don, a…
Stephen J. Bednar ’60
Steve died April 29, 2015, in Falls Church, Va., after a short illness. He had suffered from myelodysplasia for a number of years. Born in…
Jorge L. Cordova Jr. ’54
Jorge died June 17, 2015, in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Born in Puerto Rico, he graduated from the Cranwell School. His Princeton major was modern languages…
James M. Voorhees ’54
Jim died May 17, 2015. Born in Plainfield, N.J., he graduated from Plainfield High School and was proud to become a third-generation Princetonian. Jim majored…
Kenneth A. Ford Jr. ’54
Ken died on May 4, 2015, in Sarasota, Fla. Born in Chicago, he graduated from New Trier (Ill.) High School. At Princeton Ken majored in…
George S. Weber ’53
A doctor, sailor, and world traveler, George died May 3, 2015. He was born in Reading, Pa., and came to Princeton from Wyomissing (Pa.) High…
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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