MEMORIALS
John Edward Semmes Jr. ’39
After graduation, Jack joined the Marine Corps in 1940 and served in the Pacific theater for three years. He then returned to the United States…
Frank Montford Fucik ’39
Frank earned his degree in chemical engineering and then saw four years of active duty as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve during World War…
Abraham Charles Troup IV ’36
After serving in the Army during the war, Abe married Mary Elizabeth Joseph in 1946 in Harrisburg, where they lived until moving to Camp Hill…
Frederick Lewis Keyes ’36
Fred died Jan. 6, 2009. He was born in Geneva, N.Y. His father was an attorney, and Fred had no siblings. Our last address for…
Robert Seyfarth ’36
Bob died peacefully April 3, 2009, at his home in Fairlawn, a retirement community in Sykesville, Md. Bob joined us in our sophomore year. His…
Douglas C. Hearn ’28
Douglas C. Hearn, nicknamed Ducky by his three sisters, was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1906, the second of four children of Clint Calvin…
John Matthew Emery III ’79
(Following is an expanded version of the memorial published in the print edition of PAW.) Jake died Dec. 7, 2008, at his home in Modesto…
John Stevenson Marshall ’76
John S. Marshall died Dec. 7, 2008, at home in South Norwalk, Conn., of an apparent heart attack. John, who came to Princeton from Deerfield…
Thomas M. Curto ’65
Our beloved classmate, Tom “Turtle” Curto, died March 27, 2009, in San Francisco after a mercifully brief battle with esophageal cancer. At Princeton he roomed…
George Arvid Peterson ’65
George Arvid Peterson died Nov. 21, 2008, at home in Washington, D.C., after a courageous, yearlong battle with brain cancer. George’s life was celebrated Dec…
Ben E. Laden ’63
A nationally known economist who worked in industry, government, and academia, Ben died Jan. 20, 2009, at home in Washington, D.C. He suffered from frontotemporal…
Talcott Griswold ’62
Talcott “Tim” Griswold died at home in Carlsbad, Calif., March 3, 2009, from pulmonary fibrosis. He had been in hospice care for six weeks. Tim…
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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