MEMORIALS
Elizabeth Fletcher Cronan ’81
Lisa Cronan died peacefully Oct. 16, 2013, at her home in Winchester, Mass., after an illness due to breast cancer. Lisa grew up in Locust…
Dora Y. Lee ’76
Dora Lee died Dec. 3, 2013, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of metastatic breast cancer. Born in Hong Kong, Dora immigrated as a teenager with…
William G. Drenttel ’76
After a year-and-a-half-long struggle with brain cancer, William Drenttel died Dec. 21, 2013, in Connecticut. A visionary in the field of graphic design, Bill was…
Gordon D. Kinder III ’76
“Dyche” Kinder died March 8, 2013, in Seattle from lung cancer. Dyche was raised in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and prepped at The Hill School. He…
David W. Winn II ’76
David Winn died of prostate cancer April 9, 2014, in Colorado, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 59. David came to college from The…
Richard S. Williamson ’71
Rich, our senior-year class president, died unexpectedly Dec. 8, 2013, due to complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. He truly lived a life “in the nation’s…
James B. Johnson Jr. ’69
Jim Johnson died peacefully Feb. 18, 2014, at his home from the effects of cancer. Jim came to Princeton from Greencastle, Ind., and majored in…
Lucas W. Kamp ’68
Lucas died of cancer March 30, 2014, in Pasadena, Calif. Lucas was born in Kingston-on-Thames, England, and prepared at Eerste Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum in The…
Edward L. Schrauth III ’63
Ed began his business career in the hotel industry, became a successful restaurateur, and then founded a fish wholesaler business in Beaufort, S.C., where he…
John L. Ferguson ’62
John died June 15, 2013, in Wethersfield, Conn., from a heart attack. John came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy. He majored in architecture and…
Calvin B. Cotner ’62
Cal died Feb. 21, 2014, in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Ithaca High School, Cal had an interest in amateur-radio communications that was sparked by…
W. Lee Pierson ’61
Lee died March 17, 2014, in Branford, Conn. Born in New Haven, he came to us from the Choate School. At Princeton, he majored in…
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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