MEMORIALS
Franklin A. Cleland *54
Franklin Cleland, a longtime research scientist with Shell Development Co., died Dec. 20, 2009, at the age of 81. Cleland graduated from Texas A&M University…
Joseph M. Starita *70
Joseph Starita, a chemical engineer who led corporations in engineering and manufacturing, died Nov. 17, 2009, of brain cancer. He was 65. Starita received a…
Gerald D. Sjaastad *63
Sjaastad graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952, and retired as a colonel in the Air Force in 1974. He attended the Princeton Graduate…
Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving ’53 *60
Tom’s three art degrees and an honorary doctor of humane letters degree (1968) from Princeton sparked a career as scholar, flamboyant director of New York’s…
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…
Carter H. Hills *50
and the U.N., died Dec. 8, 2009. He had Alzheimer’s disease and was 87. Hills served in the Navy in World War II and graduated…
Roger Coit Dixon ’36 *42
Roger died of a cerebral hemorrhage Jan. 30, 2010, in his hometown of Mitchellville, Md. The son of a Princeton economics professor, Roger majored in…
Nathaniel S. Preston *60
Nathaniel Preston, a retired professor of government at American University in Washington, D.C., died Nov. 27, 2009 from a fall. He was 81. At age…
Bertrand A. Goldgar *58
Bertrand Goldgar, the John N. Bergstrom Professor of Humanities and the longest-serving faculty member in the history of Lawrence University (Wisconsin), died Oct. 14, 2009…
Norval White *55
Norval White, an architect and co-author of the AIA Guide to New York City, died Dec. 26, 2009, of a heart attack. He was 83…
John B. Hughes ’47 *53
With Jack’s death Dec. 5, 2009, we lost a wonderful classmate. Returning to Princeton after Army service during World War II, Jack became an avid…
Roger A. Hornsby *52
Roger Hornsby, professor emeritus of classics at the University of Iowa, died Oct. 20, 2009, at the age of 83. Hornsby received a bachelor’s degree…
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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