MEMORIALS
John J. Pentz Jr. ’51
Jake was born Sept. 2, 1927, in DuBois, Pa., the son of Mabel (Peterson) and John J. Pentz Sr. 1912. A graduate of Mercersburg Academy…
David Gordon Ashton ’50
Gordon, a man of quick wit and boisterous laugh, died Jan. 31, 2013, in Manchester, Vt. He entered Princeton from Deerfield. He majored in history…
James H. Weisel ’50
Jim died Feb. 12, 2013, in Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, N.J., after a short illness. His obituary in The Record and Herald News described him as…
John A. McKenna ’50
Jack died suddenly Jan. 7, 2013, in Stuart, Fla. He lived most of his life in Fairfield, Conn. He came to Princeton from Westbury (N.Y.)…
James B. MacWhinney Jr. ’50
Jim was described as an “old-time doc who made house calls day and night.” He died Jan. 11, 2013, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s…
Robert E. Elberson ’50
Bob died peacefully Feb. 26, 2013, at his home in Charlotte, N.C. Coming to Princeton from Choate, Bob sang in the Glee Club and was…
James Bulkley ’49
James Bulkley died March 13, 2012, at his home in Aspen, Colo. Jim was born in Detroit Aug. 17, 1927. He graduated from Millbrook School…
Chapin Carpenter ’49
Chapin Carpenter died Oct. 14, 2011, at his home in Washington, D.C. He had long suffered from pulmonary fibrosis. Chapin was born March 24, 1928…
Herbert J. Schulman ’49
Herbert Schulman died Jan. 7, 2012, from complications after a fall. Herb was born May 23, 1928, in New York City, and came to Princeton…
Alexander Boyd ’47
“Wojie” died Feb. 19, 2013, at his home in Wickenburg, Ariz. He and his second wife, Jane, bought the Brown Bear Ranch in the late…
Truman Talley ’47
Truman “Mac” Talley died March 15, 2013, in New York City from Parkinson’s disease. He had lived in Manhattan since graduating from Princeton. After graduating…
Kroger Pettengill ’44
One of 14 grandchildren of the founder of the Kroger Co., Krog died March 12, 2013, in Naples, Fla. An Andover graduate, Krog was a…
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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