MEMORIALS
Thomas J. Tucker ’95
Tom Tucker died Jan. 4, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 35. Tom was raised in Calgary, Canada, where he flourished as…
Sam Schatten ’74
Sam Schatten was taken from us Sept. 27, 2008. Sam loved sports, partying, and lively discussions. He was a lifelong supporter of The Daily Princetonian…
Geoffrey Herr Longenecker ’68
Geoff died Jan. 13, 2009, at home in Versailles, Ky., following a battle with cancer. He was 62. Geoff was born in Pittsburgh and prepared…
John Bruce Hagan ’63
We lost Bruce on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, after a brief illness. He was an active community member whose life’s work was in finance…
Walter F. Petraitis ’61
Walt died Dec. 27, 2008, at Maui (Hawaii) Memorial Medical Center of coronary artery disease after a long illness and hospitalization. Walt came to Princeton…
Charles Wilber Fairfax II ’53
Pete, a Choate graduate, declined a full Yale academic scholarship to become a Tiger. And what a Tiger he was, playing right wing on the…
Evan O. Kane III ’53 *55
Peace came to Tom March 4, 2009, in Savannah, ending an eight-year battle with a debilitating stroke. Through it all he never lost that distinctive…
Frederic Rene Coudert ’53
Fritz’s love for his native city and environs could be summed up in these words from a Broadway song: “New York, New York, it’s a…
Raymond Robert Lanflisi ’52
Ray Lanflisi died Sept. 13, 2006, of an arterial embolism in San Diego, Calif. He was 76. Ray came to Princeton from Stuyvesant High School…
Charles R. Wagner ’52
Chappie Wagner died Dec. 29, 2007, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Alexandria, Va. Chappie transferred to Princeton from Davis & Elkins College after Army…
David Lee Giles ’52
Dave joined us from Memphis, where he had studied at Memphis Technical High School. A member of Campus Club, he played club football and majored…
Eugene R. Nobles ’50
Gene died Dec. 22, 2008. A surgeon of exceptional ability, he was respected as a man of character and good humor who tenaciously pursued excellence…
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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