MEMORIALS
Robert A. Koch *54
Robert Koch, professor emeritus of art at Princeton, died Nov. 10, 2011, after a lengthy illness. He was 91. In 1940 and 1942, Koch earned…
Richard M. Lee *51
Richard Lee, a retired major general in the Army, died Nov. 24, 2011. He was 94. Lee graduated from the University of Maryland in 1940…
Alan H. Vrooman ’34 *40
Alan Vrooman died April 21, 2012, at RiverWoods in Exeter, N.H., after a period of declining health. He was 98. After receiving his Ph.D. from…
John Bardeen *36
The following memorial was published online Aug. 13, 2012. John Bardeen, who died Jan. 30, 1991, at age 82 and who won two Nobel Prizes…
Donald W. Bushaw *52
Donald Bushaw, retired professor of mathematics emeritus at Washington State University (WSU), died Jan. 15, 2012, at the age of 85. After serving in the…
George B. Rathmann *51
George Rathmann, Amgen’s first CEO who built it into the world’s largest biotechnical company and was the recipient in 2002 of the James Madison Medal…
Henry S. Beers ’48 *50
Hank Beers died Feb. 29, 2012. A longtime resident of Huntington, N.Y., Hank was born in Hartford, Conn., attended local schools and graduated from Kingswood…
James S. Lester ’45 *48
Jim Lester died May 17, 2011. Jim was a “dyed-in-the-wool” alumnus of Williams and received a bachelor’s degree from that institution in 1947. According to…
Robert T. Petersson *46
Robert Petersson, professor emeritus and former chair of the English department at Smith College, died peacefully April 8, 2011, at the age of 92. Petersson…
C. Boyd Shaffer *41
Charles Shaffer, the retired director of toxicology at American Cyanamid Corp., died Oct. 4, 2011. He was 94. Shaffer graduated in 1938 from Lebanon Valley…
Frederick Rhodewalt *79
Frederick Rhodewalt, professor of psychology at the University of Utah, died at home Aug. 19, 2011. He was 62. He graduated from Lincoln University in…
Charles E. Hamm *60
Charles Hamm, who helped found the field of American popular-music history and was a professor of music at Dartmouth, died of pneumonia Oct. 16, 2011…
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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