MEMORIALS
Edwin Laurence Chalmers ’49 *51
Larry died Nov. 24, 2009, at the age of 81. Larry prepared at Wyomissing (Pa.) High School, and at Princeton he majored in psychology and…
John C. Davis *40
John C. Davis, a retired teacher and administrator who helped update and expand the curriculum at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., died of a…
William S. Gaither *64
William Gaither, an engineer and professor who became president of Drexel University in Philadelphia, died Sept. 11, 2009. He was 76. Gaither earned a bachelor’s…
Daniel Sperber *61
Daniel Sperber, a retired professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, died Aug. 15, 2009, at the age of 79. Born in Vienna, Austria, Sperber…
W. Peter Janicki *61
Peter Janicki, a retired social-science research analyst with the U.S. Information Agency, died May 19, 2009, of Alzheimer’s disease at home. He was 80. Born…
Coleman Dupont Donaldson *57
Coleman Donaldson, a distinguished practitioner and government adviser in aeronautical engineering, died peacefully Aug. 7, 2009. He was 86. Donaldson received a bachelor’s degree from…
R. Jennings Mangum ’47 *50
R. JENNINGS MANGUM ’47 *50 Jay was a serious philosophy student during his wartime years at Princeton. After graduating in 1947 he moved over to…
William A. Beling *47
William Beling, a retired professor of international relations at the University of Southern California, died of congestive heart failure July 1, 2009. He was 90…
Carl F. Hovde *55
Hovde enlisted in the Army in 1944 after high school and saw action in France and Germany. In 1950, he received a degree in philosophy…
Robert Anthony Bender ’42 *49
Bob came to Princeton from Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, N.J. At college he was a member of an outstanding tennis team, which, in…
Charles Tanford *47
Tanford earned a bachelor’s degree from NYU in 1943, worked on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and in 1947 earned a Ph.D. in…
Peter Norman Curtin ’08
Our classmate Peter Curtin died Oct. 10, 2009, while running in the Baltimore marathon. He was a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at MIT, where he…
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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