MEMORIALS
Thomas Scharman Buechner ’48
With the death of Tom Buechner from lymphoma June 13, 2010, Princeton and the class has bid farewell to a most distinguished creative genius and…
John Fox Graham ’48
He was a graduate of Loyola High School in Baltimore. At Princeton he majored in politics, belonged to Cap and Gown, and was an honorable…
Fordyce Barker St. John Jr. ’45
Fordyce Barker St. John died March 31, 2010, at Meadow Ridge in Redding, Conn. Known as John St. John, he entered Princeton from Deerfield Academy…
John R. Tuttle Jr. ’44
Jack Tuttle died May 21, 2010, in St. Augustine, Fla., following a stroke and the effects of Parkinson’s disease. He was 87. Coming to Princeton…
Kingsley Scott Suits ’42
Kingsley Suits of Webster Grove, Mo., died May 3, 2010, in Houston, Texas. After Princeton, Kingsley spent three and a half years in the Army…
Edward James Harrigan ’41
We have just learned of the death of Ned Harrigan on Sept. 14, 2006. A native of New York City, he prepared at Brooklyn Preparatory…
William Sykes Shee ’41
Bill died March 30, 2010. A longtime resident of Woodbridge, Conn., he and his wife, Winetta (“Bebe”), had moved to Evergreen Woods in North Branford…
Donald Mather Skidmore ’41
Don (“Skid”) died in a nursing home near Cincinnati Nov. 30, 2009, from lymphoma, which was diagnosed only a few weeks earlier. A native of…
John William Foster II ’39
Jack died May 7, 2010, in Sun City Center, Fla., where he had lived since his retirement in 1985. He had been in the oil…
Robert Baker Highsaw ’39
Bob died Nov. 17, 2009, at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, where he had been living since his retirement. After graduating as our class…
James Armen Benham ’39
Jim died June 1, 2010, at home in Norwalk, Conn. He had been serving as class president for the past few years, and in spite…
Frank Graham Watson ’39
Frank died peacefully Dec. 12, 2009, of congestive heart failure. A member of Campus Club, he majored in chemistry. Upon graduation, he began graduate studies…
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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