MEMORIALS
Hobart A. Burch Jr. ’53
Hobe, who held national leadership positions in religious, social welfare, and governmental agencies — he was an assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and…
Peter C. Enander ’53
Pete, who spent his entire business career with Chubb & Son and in 1970 established the Chubb Institute, a highly successful programming and systems school…
John H. Davis ’51
Jack was born June 14, 1929, in New York, the son of Maude Bouvier and John Ethelbert Davis ’21. A 1947 graduate of Deerfield, he…
Richard Nash Jr. ’51
Dick was born Sept. 28, 1929, in Baltimore to Richard and Louise Daly Nash. A Gilman graduate, he earned a bachelor’s degree in basic engineering…
Paul Frederick Obrecht ’51
Fred was born May 29, 1929, in Baltimore to Fan Otis and George Frederic Obrecht. A 1947 graduate of Gilman School, he roomed at Princeton…
David Luke Hopkins Jr. ’50
Luke Hopkins died in Cockeysville, Md., May 23, 2012, from heart failure. He attended Gilman School in Baltimore, then St. Paul’s in New Hampshire. At…
William I. McCloskey ’50
Bill died of cardiac arrest June 6, 2012, in West Palm Beach, Fla. He grew up in Overbrook, Pa., and graduated from the Canterbury School…
D. Hugh Peniston ’41
Hugh Peniston died July 18, 2012, at the age of 92. He was born in Rutherford, N.J., and grew up in Los Gatos, Calif. He…
Peter C. G. Hoppin ’41
We have just learned of the Dec. 13, 2011, death of Pete Hoppin on Pawleys Island, S.C. Pete came to Princeton from Staten Island, N.Y…
Philip Conway ’40
Phil, of Ocean Ridge, Fla., formerly of Bronxville, N.Y., died Aug. 6, 2012. He graduated from The Choate School before entering Princeton. During World War…
Forrest Cranmer ’38
Forrest Cranmer, whom we knew as “Forry,” died June 2, 2012, at his home in London, England. Forry was born in Denver and prepared for…
Richard Elliot Fleming ’35
Elliot died peacefully of natural causes Sept. 5, 2012, in Lancaster, Pa., just six days shy of his 98th birthday. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Elliot…
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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