MEMORIALS
William M. Wilshire Jr. ’52
Bill Wilshire, architect, artist, linguist, and accomplished athlete, died Oct. 16, 2011, in Norfolk, Va. A native of Cambridge, Mass., he attended Westminster School in…
George Frederic Riegel Jr. ’52
Fritz Riegel, an advertising executive, entrepreneur, and world traveler, came to our class from Exeter, majored in psychology, and joined Cottage Club. After graduation, he…
Andrus Skidmore Thorpe ’51
Skid was born March 30, 1929, in Minneapolis, the son of Andrus and Gladys Hall Thorpe. He attended the Blake School in Hopkins, Minn. At…
Kennard F. Stephenson Jr. ’51 *55
Ken was born July 6, 1926, in Albany, N.Y., the son of Mary Flugel and Kennard F. Stephenson 1912. Ken attended Milne High School in…
Joseph C. Finnigan ’50
Joe died Aug. 14, 2012, in the Washington, D.C., area. He graduated from Middletown Township (N.J.) High School, joined the Navy in 1943, and entered…
W. Boulton Kelly Jr. ’50
“Bo” died Aug. 1, 2012, in Towson, Md. His early schooling was at Gilman in Baltimore and at Hotchkiss. At Princeton, where his father was…
Donald L. Maggin ’48
Don died Aug. 31, 2012, after a brief battle with stomach cancer. He was 85. A lifelong New Yorker, he came to us from Horace…
Edward M. Crane Jr. ’45
Ted Crane died Nov. 6, 2011. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, following his father Frederick 1918, and joined Cottage Club. His Princeton studies were interrupted…
Wayne E. Harding Jr. ’45
Wayne Harding died Feb. 14, 2012. He entered Princeton from Exeter and joined Tiger Inn. Wayne captained the football team, was president of the class…
William Johnson Woods Jr. ’44
Bill died Sept. 22, 2012, in Montecito, Calif., after a long illness. A direct descendant of John Witherspoon, he left Princeton in 1943 to become…
Andrew B. Jones ’44
Andy Jones died peacefully May 9, 2012, in Haddam, Conn., surrounded by his family. Andy prepared at St. Paul’s. At Princeton he roomed with Aubs…
Robert E. Vanwagoner ’44
Bob died Sept. 12, 2012, in Sarasota, Fla. At Princeton, he roomed with Ward Sangren and George Tanham. Entering the Army Air Corps in February…
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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