MEMORIALS
Robert W. Wakefield ’50
Bob died Feb. 4, 2010, in Delray Beach, Fla. Bob graduated from Blair, where he was a three-letter athlete. At Princeton, he was active in…
Richard J. Prentiss Jr. ’50
Dick died Feb. 2, 2010, in Alabama. Dick was a graduate of Andover. At Princeton, he wrestled in his freshman year, was a member of…
Aubrey O.M. Vialls ’50
“Mike” Vialls died March 24, 2010, in his native South Africa at the age of 87. Prior to Princeton he was an officer in the…
Ralph R. McGill ’50
Ralph, a longtime resident of Darien, Conn., died Feb. 12, 2009. He was born in New York City and served as a quartermaster in the…
William Lawrence Williams ’48
Bill Williams died March 1, 2010. He came to us by way of North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Ill. At Princeton he was…
John B. Merrell ’46
Jack died Feb. 7, 2010. He had lived in Short Hills, N.J., and Stamford, Conn., for many years. Jack came to Princeton from Scotch Plains…
Charles Richard Bowers ’45
Dick Bowers died June 28, 2008. He entered Princeton from Frederick (Md.) High School and joined Cannon Club. Dick served in the Navy from 1943…
William Spencer ’45
Will Spencer died July 3, 2009, in St. Augustine, Fla., after a brief struggle with multiple myeloma. Will prepared for Princeton at Exeter and joined…
David Shearer Cooper ’44
Dave Cooper, who joined the Class of ’44 after transferring from the University of Virginia, died Aug. 11, 2009. Born in Minneapolis, Dave came to…
Harry Arthur Willson Jr. ’44
Harry died Oct. 1, 2009, in Cape May Court House, N.J. He was 88. An economics major at Princeton, Harry was active in basketball and…
Donald Ernst Bedard ’44 *56
Donald Bedard died April 7, 2010, in Wilmington, Del., after a long illness. He was 88. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., Donald grew up in Springfield…
Peter C. Speers Jr. ’44 *49
Peter died Feb. 8, 2010, in Austin, Texas, where he had lived since his retirement in 1981. Born and raised in India by missionary parents…
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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