MEMORIALS
Walter Joe Wilson ’52
Joe died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease April 25, 2006, at Hudson Memorial Nursing Home in EI Dorado, Ark. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in…
James Henry Glenn III ’51
Jim was born March 11, 1929, in Philadelphia, raised in Meadowbrook, Pa., and came to us from the William Penn Charter School. He roomed with…
John Dunham Griswold ’51
John was born Nov. 24, 1928, in Montclair, N.J., and came to us from Blair. At Princeton he majored in biology, was active in the…
J. Wilson Borden Jr. ’50
Bill Borden died of cancer Aug. 17, 2007, in Bryn Mawr, Pa. “He brought to all his activities a lovely sense of humor, diligence, and…
Donald M. Halsted Jr. ’49
Don died Nov. 20, 2007, after a long fight with emphysema. He was 80. He prepared for Princeton at the Gunnery School and Lawrenceville. At…
Melvin Paul Antell ’49
Mel died Nov. 12, 2007, after a sudden flare-up of the lymphoma he had battled successfully for years. He was 82. He prepared for Princeton…
Elzey Gallatin Burkham Jr. ’48
Elzey Burkham died Oct. 12, 2006, at his home in Rye Beach, N.H., after a brief illness. Born in St. Louis, Elzey attended St. Louis…
Charles Howard Reeves ’48
Howie Reeves died Jan. 21, 2008, in Naples, Fla., where he and Shirlee were winter residents. Known as “Charlie” in recent years — especially in…
Charles Sinnickson Jr. ’44
Charlie died Dec. 5, 2007, in his apartment in London. We knew him as “Tiger,” a name familiar to his family. He lived in England…
Charles D. Compton ’40
Charlie died Jan. 5, 2008, in Bradenton, Fla., having devoted his life to education and writing chemistry textbooks. He prepared at Rahway (N.J.) High School…
Alan Tower Waterman Jr. ’39
Alan died of pneumonia in Palo Alto, Calif., Jan. 9, 2008. After Princeton, Alan studied meteorology at Cal Tech, and during World War II, he…
Adrian Jacques Grossman ’39
Jack died March 10, 2007. After graduating from Princeton, Jack attended MIT, where he earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering. The following year he…
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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