MEMORIALS
Thomas J. Patton ’55
Tom Patton once wrote that since his early retirement he had been trying to find out what he would rather have done when he grew…
Eric D. Altree Jr. ’54
Eric Altree died Nov. 5, 2010, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsburgh, he graduated from South Hills High School. At…
John Selden Parker Jr. ’54
John Parker died Sept. 11, 2010. Born in Flushing, N.Y., his family moved to Princeton, where he graduated from Princeton High School. John majored in…
F. Morgan Taylor Jr. ’53
Buzz died Oct. 29, 2010, at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla. He grew up in the Chicago area and graduated from Western Military Academy…
Harry K. Baird ’53
Harry, the son of Edgar W. Baird Jr. ’20, died Oct. 18, 2010, in Dallas, Texas. He was 80. Harry left us at the end…
S. Pearce Browning III ’50
Pearce died in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 14, 2010. He graduated from Exeter. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry and was active in WPRU and the…
Henry P. Sailer ’50
Henry, an antitrust lawyer, died June 22, 2010, of congestive heart failure. He had lived in Washington, D.C., since 1956. He was born in Beijing…
Edwin H. Folk III ’50
Ed died of emphysema on July 3, 2010, in Newtown, Pa. Born in Atlanta, he graduated from Boys’ High School there. As a teenager, he…
Francis J. Locke ’48
Ed Locke, a native of Bayonne, N.J., and graduate of its high school, had a life of music. He majored in music at Princeton, where…
Dana C. Belser Jr. ’48
Pat Belser, widow of Dana, relates that he loved his years at Princeton, which were very special. He died Oct. 8, 2010. A native of…
Converse P. Hunter ’48
Conny Hunter arrived in our midst from California via Berkeley High School. He came full of fun with his bugle at the ready for Palmer…
David C. Clarke ’42
Dave Clark died Nov. 6, 2010, in Yarmouth, Maine. Dave graduated from The Gunnery in 1938 and matriculated at Princeton, which at least three members…
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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