MEMORIALS
John A. Lilly ’55
John Lilly, the man dubbed “our walking encyclopedia and dictionary,” was born Jan. 2, 1934, to Frances C. and Martin L. Lilly in Boone County…
James C. Vickery Jr. ’55
James Vickery, a golden-voiced broadcaster, master at sea, model railroader, devoted golfer, and wily poker player, died of lung cancer June 4, 2011, in Annapolis…
Rudolph H. Deetjen Jr. ’54
Rudolph Deetjen died unexpectedly Aug. 29, 2011, at Massachusetts General Hospital. Born in Newark, N.J., he graduated from Montclair Academy. Rudy was active in crew…
Thomas W. Cook ’52
Tom died May 28, 2008, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He grew up in Elizabeth, N.J., where he attended Union High School. At…
Marshall Arnold Jr. ’52
Marsh died Aug. 10, 2011, in his home in San Clemente, Calif. In April 2011 he discovered he had acute leukemia. That led to complications…
Harold Nelson Hobart Jr. ’52
Nels Hobart died March 16, 2011, in Hutchinson, Kan. He was 83. Born and raised in Kansas, Nels came to Princeton from the Lawrenceville School…
Benjamin B. McAlpin III ’51
Ben was born May 3, 1929, in New York, the son of B.B. McAlpin Jr. ’21 and Alberta McKay McAlpin. He attended Greenwich Country Day…
Stuart M. Neely ’51
Stu was born March 6, 1930, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was the son of Judge William Neely ’17 and Jean Chamberlin Neely and a grandson…
Robert J. Daiute ’51
Bob was born Dec. 27, 1926, the son of Carroll F. and Dorothy Park Daiute, in Braintree, Mass. He attended Braintree High School and Thayer…
John S. Frey ’50
Jack died April 12, 2011, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He grew up in Corning, N.Y., in a family of…
Rudolf M. Riefstahl II ’50
Rudy died unexpectedly June 25, 2011, in Rochester, Mass. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, raised in New York City, and prepared for college at…
John A. Anderson ’50
John died peacefully May 2, 2011, at his home in Terrace Park, Ohio. He was born in Evanston, Ill., and graduated from nearby New Trier…
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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