MEMORIALS
Hawley Thomas Chester Jr. ’41
He attended St. Bernard’s School in New York City and graduated from St. George’s School in Newport, R.I., where he later became a trustee and…
Robert Gill Walker ’41
A graduate of the Taft School, he majored in history at Princeton, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He participated in C.A.A. war…
H. Henry Bertram ’40
He was born in Montclair, N.J., and graduated from the Taft School. At Princeton, he majored in English, played freshman football, and was a member…
Donald S. Gerber ’71
Don was a native of the New York area who came to Princeton from Jamaica High School. As an undergraduate, he majored in biochemistry and…
Richard Cion ’65
He was born in Hartford, Conn., and attended Weaver High School there. He majored in the Woodrow Wilson School and was president of the campus…
John McLane Selover ’53
Majoring in history, John took his meals at Elm Club and belonged to the Yacht Club. He was Elm’s sports manager, president of the Minnesota…
Thomas Quinn Lebrun ’53
He was introduced to Mexico by Tony Giraud, a native of that country who was his Peddie School classmate and Princeton roommate. They belonged to…
John Ramsey Bronk ’52
Ramsey went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1952. There he met and married Sylvia, an Englishwoman, and earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry…
David Freeman ’52
At Princeton, David was a member of Prospect Club, the fencing team, and the marching band. He also was an announcer on WPRB. After completing…
Joel Stone ’52
Joel Stone died Feb. 2, 2007. He resided in Concord, Mass. Joel believed that it wasn’t possible to have received a better education than the…
George Palmer Garrett Jr. ’52 *85
Returning to Princeton after four years in the Army, he completed his master’s degree in 1956 and launched his remarkable career in literature and as…
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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