MEMORIALS
Robert M. Cook *64
Robert Cook, who had been a Yale professor, an attorney, and a union iron welder, died of a form of dementia Nov. 29, 2011. He…
Paul Meier *51
Paul Meier, the eminent biostatistician and retired professor of statistics at Columbia, died Aug. 7, 2011. He was 87. Meier graduated from Oberlin in 1945…
Richard O. Steele *49
Richard Steele, a chemist who had been executive vice president of Celanese International, died Aug. 15, 2011. He was 89. Steele graduated in 1942 from…
Janet G. Speck *82
Janet Speck, a career U.S. Foreign Service officer, died of breast cancer Oct. 29, 2011, at the age of 58. Speck received a bachelor’s degree…
Frank J. Gratzer *71
Frank Gratzer, a retired electrical engineer who had been with Bell Laboratories and its successors for 30 years, died at his home Oct. 24, 2010…
Edward N. Beiser *67
Edward Beiser, professor emeritus of political science at Brown University, died Sept. 4, 2009, of Parkinson’s disease at an assisted-living facility. He was 67. Beiser…
Jean-claude Bajeux *77
Jean-Claude Bajeux, a Haitian human-rights activist and scholar, died of lung cancer Aug. 5, 2011. He was 79. Bajeux received a degree from the University…
James H. Foxgrover *59
James Foxgrover, a retired rear admiral, naval aviator, and engineer, died July 30, 2011. He was 85. Foxgrover completed his bachelor’s degree in 1948 at…
Alan Pasch *55
Alan Pasch, a retired professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, died June 9, 2011, of heart disease. He was 85. After Army service…
Alan E. Marshall *68
Alan Marshall, an Australian geologist, died July 16, 2011, after a long battle with a rare brain disorder. He was 72. Marshall graduated from the…
Patrick P. Billingsley *55
Patrick Billingsley, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics at the University of Chicago who also was a movie actor, died April 22, 2011, after a…
Solomon Leader *52
Solomon Leader, a professor emeritus of mathematics at Rutgers, died Aug. 13, 2011. He was 85. Leader served in the Army from 1944 to 1946…
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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