MEMORIALS
Tom Simkin *66
Simkin was a 1955 civil engineering graduate of Swarthmore, and received a Ph.D. in geology from Princeton in 1966. He began as a civil engineer…
John A. Carter Jr. *56
Carter received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia in 1953 and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton in 1956. His dissertation was on…
James Gardner Tarabell ’43 *48
Born in Dover, N.J., Jim entered Princeton from Blair Academy. He joined Key and Seal Club and graduated in June 1943. During World War II…
Susan G. Lee *88
Lee received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia in 1982. In 1984, she enrolled in a joint M.P.A.-J.D. program at Princeton and Columbia…
Jivan Tabibian *62
Tabibian was born in Lebanon of Armenian descent. Educated in Armenian schools in Beirut and at the American University there, he moved to the United…
John R. Gregg *46
Gregg received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and then earned his Ph.D. in biology from Princeton in 1946. He was on the…
Conyers Herring *37
Herring graduated from the University of Kansas in 1933, studied one year at Cal Tech, and then received a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton in…
Mixalis Panayiotis Terzis ’74 *76
Mixalis was born in Mytilini on the Greek island of Lesbos and came to the United States on a scholarship for promising Greek students. After…
James Overbeck *61
Overbeck graduated from MIT in 1960, first in his class. He enrolled at Princeton for a year of graduate study and returned to MIT, where…
Gerald H. F. Gardner *53
Born in Ireland, Gardner graduated from Trinity College in Dublin. He earned a master’s in mathematics from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and a Ph.D…
Bert D. Schwartz *48
Schwartz graduated from New York University in 1935, and served in World War II. In 1942, he was sent to Harvard University Graduate School to…
Herbert Margerum West ’40 *41
After Mercersburg Academy, Herb entered Princeton, where he majored in chemical engineering, rowed crew, and was a member of the Student-Faculty Association, the American Institute…
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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