MEMORIALS
John S. Baker ’46
Jack died July 19, 2012, in Pasadena, Calif. He was 89. Jack was born in Elizabeth, N.J., the only child of Joshua and Theodora Baker…
Richard T. Frick Jr. ’46
Richard died Nov. 10, 2012, at the age of 88. He lived in Weston, Vt. Richard grew up in Sewickley, Pa. He graduated from Brooks…
MacDonald Flinn ’46
Don died May 24, 2012, at the age of 88. He lived in Lakeside, Mich. Don grew up in Wilmette, Ill., and Mount Lebanon, Pa…
James Boyd Smith ’45 *47
On Jan. 21, 2012, the class suddenly and unexpectedly lost its peerless Vice President for Everything, J.B., the victim of an accidental fall. J.B. entered…
John R. Reynolds ’44
Jack Reynolds died Feb. 18, 2013, at home in Ashland, Ore. At Princeton he majored in biology, participated in track and band, joined Elm Club…
Chester T. Rice ’44
Chet died April 26, 2013, at home in Kentfield, Calif. Chet graduated from Albany Academy. At Princeton he majored in electrical engineering and was a…
Joseph D. Zink ’44
Joe died April 28, 2012, in his son and daughter-in-law’s Northfield, N.J., home. A native New Jerseyan and son of Homer Zink 1905, Joe graduated…
Robert C. Wheeler ’42
Robert Wheeler died March 30, 2013, in Mystic, Conn. Bob prepared for college at the Taft School. At Princeton he majored in modern languages and…
Frederic Donald Selbie Jr. ’42
Don Selbie died Feb. 12, 2013. Don prepared at the Peddie School. At Princeton he was a star on the track team, competing successfully in…
Charles M. Waugh ’41
On Dec. 13, 2012, we lost our class historian, Chuck Waugh, who died in Post Falls, Idaho. Chuck prepared at Germantown (Pa.) High School and…
Lee A. Carey ’40
Lee Carey died March 4, 2013, in Hilton Head, S.C. Lee was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he attended Polytechnic Prep School. At…
Julius E. Waller ’39
Jerry, our professor de Français, died March 27, 2013, in Cooperstown, N.Y., near his home in Cherry Valley. Jerry spent 1939–40 at the Université de…
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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