MEMORIALS
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…
Harris M. Burte *50
Burte received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from New York University, a master’s from MIT, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton in…
John R. Maybee *42
Maybee received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from the University of Toronto, and in 1942, earned a Ph.D. in English from Princeton. He then…
George L. Seay *73
Seay graduated from Hobart and William Smith College in 1962, and joined the Peace Corps. In 1973, he earned a master’s degree from the Woodrow…
Arnold W. Sametz *51
Sametz graduated from Brooklyn College in 1940, and received a master’s degree in economics from Princeton in 1942. He then served in the Navy until…
Lloyd Crosser Felton ’41 *44
He prepared at Browne Nichols School and then Gilman. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry and graduated with honors. He was on the freshman crew…
Robert Rehder *70 ’57 *70
The class has lost one of its most outstanding scholars. Robert Rehder died of a heart attack April 6, 2009, in Oxford, England, where he…
Frederick J. Yeager *59
Yeager graduated from West Point in 1940. Stationed in the Philippines before World War II, he was captured by the Japanese, lived through the Bataan…
Eugene Miller Haring ’48 *51
A graduate of the Pingry School, Gene was distinguished at Princeton. He graduated summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy and was elected to…
Wilfrid J. Dixon *44
Dixon received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Oregon State College in 1938, a master’s degree from Wisconsin in 1939, and a Ph.D. in mathematical…
Henry A. Turner Jr. *60
Henry A. Turner Jr., the Charles J. Stille Professor of History emeritus, who taught at Yale for 44 years, died Dec. 17, 2008, of complications…
Donald M. Solitar *55
Donald Solitar died from a sudden heart attack April 25, 2008. He was 75 years old. Solitar was born Sept. 5, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y…
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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