MEMORIALS
Forman S. Acton ’43 *44
Forman died Feb. 18, 2014, in Woodstown, N.J., following a brief illness. Forman prepped at Phillips Exeter, where he was active in drama. At Princeton…
Peter S. Walch *68
Peter Walch, retired art professor and longtime director of the University of New Mexico Art Museum, died May 3, 2014. He was 73. Walch graduated…
John H. Chang ’60 *67
John died in Los Angeles Sept. 16, 2014. Born in China, he graduated from Riverdale Country School in New York, where he excelled in soccer…
Peter D. Bell *64
Peter Bell, an internationally known humanitarian who dedicated his life to reducing poverty and protecting human rights, died of cancer April 4, 2014. He was…
George H. Heilmeier *62
George Heilmeier, an electrical engineer who was one of the inventors of liquid-crystal display (LCD), died April 21, 2014. He was 77. Heilmeier graduated from…
Daniel S. Koltun *61
Daniel S. Koltun *61 Daniel Koltun, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Rochester and an important contributor to the field of nuclear physics…
Paul M. Routly *51
Paul Routly, an astrophysicist, died of congestive heart failure May 2, 2014. He was 88. Routly graduated from McGill in 1947 with two degrees (one…
Robert Applegate Jr. ’43 *49
Robert Applegate Jr. ’43 *49 Bob died Oct. 6, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. He came to Princeton from Phillips Academy, where he was on…
Richard K. Lennox *61
Richard Lennox, a noted Indiana architect, died May 6, 2014, two days before his 78th birthday. Lennox graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in…
Eugene M. Isenberg *52
Eugene Isenberg, who had headed the world’s largest land and offshore platform driller, died March 16, 2014. He was 84. Isenberg graduated from the University…
Thomas M. Whitin ’44 *52
Tom died Dec. 9, 2013, in Tiverton, R.I., surrounded by his children. Tom prepared at Kent School, and at Princeton he majored in economics. He…
J. Woodland Hastings *51
J. Woodland Hastings, who had been a prominent professor in Harvard’s department of molecular and cellular biology, died Aug. 6, 2014, of pulmonary fibrosis. He…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
July 2026
Architect Tod Williams ’65 *67 reflects on the Obama Presidential Center; rain and revelry at Reunions.
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