MEMORIALS
James Bogert Tailer Jr. ’50
Bogey, described as an avid sports fan, died of pneumonia Aug. 30, 2009, in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 83. Born in New York…
John McWilliams Stone Jr. ’50
Jack died May 15, 2009. He was born in Chicago and graduated from Exeter. At Princeton he majored in economics and belonged to Cannon. Jack…
William T. Barry III ’50
Bill died Jan. 9, 2010, in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was one of our oldest classmates, born in 1923. Bill graduated from George Washington High…
Warren Hathaway Simmons Jr. ’48
Sim’s pride and joy was the Class of 1948. He led it (as president from 1988 to 1993), goaded it (AG, reunions, trips, activities), and…
Douglas K. Fleming ’44
Doug was born April 12, 1923, in Hoylake, Cheshire, England. His father, who worked in the cotton business, moved the family to Houston, Texas, where…
Harold Clifford Mathisen ’44
Harold Mathisen died Feb. 14, 2010, at his Chatham, N.J., home. A lifelong New Jersey resident, Hal graduated as class valedictorian from Clifford J. Scott…
William E. Caldes ’44
A resident of Tijeras, N.M., Bill Caldes died Aug. 25, 2009, at the age of 87. Bill came to us from Hun and roomed initially…
Norman William Cook Jr. ’42
Norman Cook, universally known as “Topper,” died Feb. 5, 2010, at his home in Pennswood Village in Newtown, Pa. Topper was the son of Norman…
Walter Smedley Jr. ’42
Walter Smedley, a Philadelphian and Quaker, died March 2, 2010, at Penncrest Farm near Media, Pa., the home where he was born. Walt prepped at…
Rayford Wardlaw Alley Jr. ’41
Chico died June 22, 2009, in Santa Fe, N.M. He came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy and majored in modern languages. He roomed with…
Willard L. Johns ’38
Willard L. Johns died June 6, 2009, in Hockessin, Del. Bill prepared for Princeton at Wyoming Seminary and Andover, where he was on the swimming…
Stephen Christopher Vella ’97
On Jan. 30, 2010, the class lost our friend and classmate Stephen Vella to cancer. He was 34. Stephen was a historian of Britain and…
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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