MEMORIALS
Samuel G. Armistead ’50 *55
Sam, one of the world’s leading scholars of Spanish literature and language, died Aug. 7, 2013, at his California home. He grew up in the…
John S. Hager ’50
John died July 18, 2013, in his native Owensboro, Ky., after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. John was respected as an attorney, journalist, philanthropist…
Boris Sokoloff Jr. ’49
Boris Sokoloff died Dec. 8, 2012. Boris was born in Nice, France, July 20, 1924, the son of a prominent cancer researcher and author. He…
Frederick Lee Hawes ’49
Frederick Lee Hawes, known as “Lee,” died Sept. 10, 2012. Lee was born June 27, 1927, in St. Louis. After St. Louis Country Day School…
Charles H. Ware ’49
Charles Ware, who bravely stepped in to serve as our class secretary after the death of Sam Englehart, died Feb. 20, 2012. Charlie was born…
Joseph H. Lackey ’47
Joe died Aug. 9, 2013. Joe graduated from Princeton with honors in economics in 1947, received a law degree from the University of Michigan Law…
John J. Cote ’47
John died Nov. 19, 2012, at a senior-care facility in Mission Viejo, Calif. Since 2008 his health had been an ongoing problem. Before entering Princeton…
Marion Grant Bingham ’46
Not every Princeton-educated petroleum engineer gets to advise on how to drill a hole 601 feet into the seafloor, under 11,700 feet of water, in…
Douglas T. McClure ’45
Doug McClure died Dec. 17, 2012. Doug entered Princeton from The Hill School and joined Cap and Gown. His Princeton studies were interrupted for service…
David P. McCallie ’44
Dave died Oct. 7, 2013, in Chattanooga, Tenn. A lifelong resident of Chattanooga, Dave came to Princeton from the McCallie School, which was founded in…
Edward J. O’Brien III ’42
E.J. O’Brien, for many years prominent in the leaf-tobacco business, died Sept. 2, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. E.J. was raised in Louisville and prepared for…
Robert M. Davis ’42
Twink Davis died Sept. 1, 2013, at Pennswood Village in Newtown, Pa. He grew up in Lawrenceville, N.J., where he attended the Lawrenceville School. At…
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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