MEMORIALS
Samuel T. Suratt ’55
Born Aug. 9, 1933, in Ridgewood, N.J., Sam came to Princeton from Ridgewood High School. He joined Tower and graduated with honors. His roommates were…
Francis W. Sloat ’55
The son of Leslie Sloat ’29 and Sarah Sloat, Frank was born Dec. 22, 1933, in Middletown, N.Y. He came to Princeton from Moorestown Friends…
Leo I. Ragni ’55
Leo was born Jan. 1, 1934, in Bellaire, Ohio, and died Sept. 28, 2013, in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Leo left Princeton in January 1953, worked…
Stephen H. Schanuel ’55
Stephen was born in St. Louis July 14, 1933. After graduating from Kirkwood (Mo.) High School, Frank majored in mathematics at Princeton. He wrote his…
Alfred J. Lata ’54
Alfred died Dec. 21, 2014. Born in Cleveland, he graduated from South High School. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry and was a member of…
Donald P. Hahn ’51
Don was born Aug. 20, 1929, to Bertha Reich and Frederick A. Hahn. He prepared at The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland, and at Princeton…
F. Douglas Raymond Jr. ’50
Doug, a celebrated rheumatologist and lifelong Pennsylvanian, died Oct. 18, 2014. He entered Princeton after graduating from Episcopal Academy and serving two years in the…
Eugene V. Weinstock ’50
Gene, an expert on safeguarding nuclear materials, died Oct. 8, 2014, in Lexington, Mass. He graduated from Atlantic City (N.J.) High School and served a…
John H. Rae Jr. ’49
John Rae died Feb. 3, 2014, at home in Rochester, N.Y. He was just three months short of his 87th birthday. John served in the…
Alfred L. Blessing ’48
Al died Dec. 8, 2014, at his home in Haworth, N.J. He was 93. The news of his death came from his daughter, Ann Blessing…
Philip J. Finkelpearl ’46
One of his students called Phil Finkelpearl’s Shakespeare class “truly theater in itself.” A longtime college professor, Phil specialized in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, publishing…
John M. Doar ’44
John’s death Nov. 11, 2014 — Veterans Day — was promptly announced on national TV newscasts. John, a Wisconsin Republican, was a civil-rights assistant under…
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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