MEMORIALS
James P. Okie Jr. ’64
The class lost a dynamic, stalwart, and convivial member when Jim Okie died Dec. 27, 2011, at an Alzheimer’s facility in Avon, Conn. His wife…
Warren R. Crane ’62
Warren died Feb. 6, 2012, losing an arduous battle with liposarcoma and paraneoplastic diseases. After graduating from Nyack High School, “Weed” — as we knew…
Keith L. Groneman ’57
Keith died Nov. 1, 2011. At Princeton he majored in economics, joined Charter Club, and was active in track. He did not remain in touch…
Newton Von Sander ’57
Newton died Feb. 6, 2012, at his farm in Bowdoinham, Maine, after a battle with adenocarcinoma. He treated his patients until two days before his…
Herbert B. Turkington ’54
Herbert Turkington of Largo, Fla., died Feb. 5, 2012, at Bay Pines VA Hospital. Born in Hackensack, N.J., he attended Bogota High School. At Princeton…
David Reed Denby ’54
Reed Denby died July 20, 2011, from Parkinson’s disease. Reed left Princeton at the completion of his freshman year. He was employed by U.S. Steel…
Francis X. Hogarty Jr. ’53
Frank, whose father, Francis X., came to Princeton as a University proctor in 1919 and was one of the four civilian-dressed security officers under head…
George Lewis Petring ’53
Lew, who had schizophrenia, died Nov. 11, 2011, in Chesterfield, Mo. He was 80, and his death was confirmed by his guardian, Thomas M. Tebbetts…
Bruce N. Baker ’53
Bruce, no relation to our previously deceased classmate Bruce K. Baker, died Dec. 8, 2011, at his Palo Alto, Calif., home of heart failure. Born…
Richard J. Stockham Jr. ’51
Dick was born Feb. 7, 1929, in Birmingham, Ala., the son of Richard and Charlotte Rushton Stockham. He came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter and…
Boynton C. Emerson ’51
Jack was born May 9, 1929, the son of William A. and Laura Cole Emerson. He prepared at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tenn., and…
Robert D. M. Accola ’51
Bob was born Sept. 11, 1929, the son of Alvin J. and Katharine Mize Accola. At Phillips Exeter he won the mathematics prize and graduated…
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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