MEMORIALS
David Baines Higginbottom ’41
Dave died March 15, 2008. The son of missionary parents, he was born in Landour, Mussoorie, India. He prepared at the Haverford School and Mount…
Frederick Brooks Wall ’41
Brooks died peacefully Dec. 18, 2008, at his home in Little Compton, R.I. He prepared at St. George’s School in Newport and spent a postgraduate…
Peter Denniston Kimball ’40
Pete, a lifelong, strong supporter of Princeton, died Jan. 17, 2009. He prepared at Penn Charter School, following his relatives W.N. Kimball 1904 and Harold…
Francis E. Smith ’38
Francis E. Smith died June 5, 2008, in Darien, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., graduating with honors…
Morris Mordecai Thompson ’34
Morrie Thompson, a civil engineer who served with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Topographic Division for 56 years, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 6, 2009…
Lloyd Lowndes Friend III ’65
Lloyd earned honors in freshman football and wrestling, served as an Orange Key guide, and was an enthusiastic member of Cannon Club. He roomed at…
Earl W. Shapiro ’61
At Princeton Earl attended the Woodrow Wilson School and was active on the Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy. He was especially proud of being part…
Wallace Stuart McCloy Jr. ’60
Stu came to Princeton from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., where he was a standout on the tennis team and valedictorian of his class…
Paul Douglass Martin ’54
Doug Martin died of lung cancer Jan. 28, 2009, at his home in Newtown, Conn. He was born in Roanoke, Va., and graduated from South…
Foster Benedict Cooper Jr. ’53
He graduated from White Plains (N.Y.) High School and starred in basketball at Princeton all four years. His freshman and sophomore roommate, Jack Maitland, said…
Ralph Norris Willis ’53
It is fitting that on the night of his death, Bo and Sally, his wife of 55 years, had dined with Redmond Finney ’51, Bo’s…
J.D. Nyhart ’53
He came to Princeton from Indianapolis, following his late brother, Eldon ’47, and roomed with Pete Obbard and Bayard Henry. He was a varsity swimmer…
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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