MEMORIALS
Melvin A. Mister *64
Melvin Mister, who had a long career in urban affairs, died of prostate cancer Jan. 10, 2013. He was 74. Mister earned his bachelor’s degree…
Francis X. Sutton *40
Francis Sutton, social scientist and longtime official of the Ford Foundation, died Dec. 18, 2012. He was 95. Sutton graduated from Temple in 1938, and…
David S. Plumb ’38 *39
David S. Plumb died May 12, 2013, at his home in St. Louis, Mo. He was 94. David was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and…
Cedric W. Long *66
Cedric Long, assistant director of the Division of Extramural Activities (DEA) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), died unexpectedly May 3, 2012. He was 75…
Charles E. Frye *64
Charles Frye, retired longtime professor of political science at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, died Jan. 4, 2013, at home in Windsor, Colo. He was…
Paul M. Douglas ’41 *48
Former class president Paul Douglas died Feb. 27, 2013, in Cathedral Village, a continuing-care retirement community in Philadelphia. He came to Princeton from Pasadena (Calif.)…
John E. Brigante *47
John Brigante, retired chief economist of the General Tire and Rubber Co., died Jan. 29, 2013, at the age of 88. Brigante graduated from the…
John K. White ’44 *45
John died May 5, 2013, at home in Arlington, Va., from the effects of a stroke he suffered last year. Preceded at Princeton by two…
J. Richard Ciccotelli *81
Richard Ciccotelli, who had careers as a professor and an entrepreneur, died Aug. 25, 2011, after a courageous 30-year battle with cancer. He was 60…
Basil A. Rattray *54
Basil Rattray, retired professor of mathematics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, died June 20, 2012. He was 84. Born in Quebec, Rattray graduated from…
Robert S. Mallouk ’47 *50
Robert Mallouk died March 28, 2013, at his home in Chadds Ford, Pa. Bob grew up in Brooklyn, where he attended Adelphi Academy before entering…
Robert W. Gamble ’47 *48
Bob died March 13, 2013, in Englewood, Fla. After graduating from Cloquet (Minn.) High School he attended Swarthmore College, but in 1945, he found himself…
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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