MEMORIALS
William D. Van Dyke III ’54
Bill Van Dyke died peacefully April 7, 2014. Born in Milwaukee, he attended The Hill School and Milwaukee Country Day School. His college major was…
William V. Elder Iii ’54
William Elder died suddenly of heart failure April 17, 2014, at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, Md. Born in Baltimore, he graduated from The Hill School…
Samuel W. Pringle Jr. ’52
Sam came to Princeton from Mercersburg Academy. He majored in SPIA, joined Terrace and roomed with Jim Eakin. He served on the Prince business board…
John C. Howell ’52
Jack, son of Corwin Howell 1903, came to the class from Pingry School. He joined Terrace and majored in SPIA. He was a member of…
George C. Denby ’52
George, son of James Orr Denby 1919, studied at Le Rosey and graduated from the Millbrook School. At Princeton he joined Colonial and majored in…
George A. Nankervis ’52
A distinguished medical researcher, George came to us from Meriden (Conn.) High School, joined Quadrangle, and roomed with Bob Lovell. He majored in biology and…
George M. Knebel ’52
George graduated from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School. At Princeton he joined Key and Seal and belonged to the Westchester, outing, and sailing clubs. He majored…
Lawrence W. Becker ’51
Larry was born Nov. 14, 1929, in Rochester, N.Y., to William H. and Alcey Cole Becker, the youngest of 10 children. He attended John Marshall…
Paul Hofflund ’50
Paul died Feb. 1, 2014, in San Diego. An SPIA major at Princeton, he received an NROTC commission and belonged to Court Club. He was…
Charles E. Elliott III ’50
Charlie died March 10, 2014. Charlie graduated from Columbia High in Maplewood, N.J. At Princeton he majored in English, was recipient of the Wanamaker English…
Michael J. Bove III ’48
Michael and his family had homes in Palm Beach, Fla., and Newport, R.I. He died April 4, 2014, in Palm Beach, at the age of…
William Kenmore Schweitzer ’48
Ken was born in Cleveland and died in Midland, Mich., April 4, 2014. He grew up in Claymont, Del., and entered Princeton in 1944. 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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