MEMORIALS
Louis Edwin Gelwicks Jr. ’51
Lou was born Sept. 9, 1928, in Flushing N.Y., the son of Louis E. Gelwicks ’24. He came to Princeton from The Hill School, majored…
Samuel Charles Cohn ’51
Sam was born May 11, 1929, in Altoona, Pa., where his family had been in the business of marketing refined oil products under the name…
Henry Schmelzel Brown ’51
Harry was born Aug. 8, 1929, in New York, the son of James Fearon and Ethel Schmelzel Brown. He attended Allen-Stevenson and Collegiate and graduated…
J. Reid Heuer ’50
Reid died June 15 , 2009, in Blacksburg, Va. He grew up in Rye, N.Y., and graduated from Deerfield. At Princeton, he was a member…
Hale E. Andrews ’50
Hale died Dec. 7, 2009, at his home in Berkley Springs, W. Va. He graduated as valedictorian from Mercersburg Academy and served a year in…
R. Brock Fuller ’49 *52
Brock Fuller died Nov. 6, 2009, at the age of 82. He prepared for Princeton at Phillips Andover Academy, and at Princeton he majored in…
Eugene F. O'Neil ’49
Eugene “Gib” O’Neil died Nov. 25, 2009. Gib served as a naval aviator in World War II prior to entering Princeton. He majored in economics…
Walter Harold Johnson Jr. ’48
Walt Johnson died Jan. 2, 2010, at home in hospice care. He had been in failing health for some time. Walt had four terms in…
George D. Eggers ’47
George rendered extraordinary services to our country, Princeton, and our class. He entered the Army in 1944 as a private, re-enlisted and, during the next…
Grant Allen Peacock Jr. ’46
Grant Peacock died Feb. 3, 2010, in Redding, Conn. He was 86. Grant was born in Garden City, N.Y., prepped at the Lawrenceville School, and…
Hamilton Darby Perry ’46
Darby Perry died from Alzheimer’s disease Dec. 2, 2009, at home in Manhattan. He was 85. He came to Princeton from the Darrow School, and…
Otis Benson Davis ’46
Otis “O.B.” Davis died Oct. 26, 2009, at home in Kent, Conn., after a brief illness. He was 85. He graduated from Kent School in…
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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