MEMORIALS
Alan J. Kohn ’53
Alan was born in New Haven, Conn., and attended Hamden High School before coming to Princeton. He joined Campus Club and majored in biology, writing…
Alexander Brody ’53
Alex was born as Sándor Bródy in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States at the age of 15. He attended the Edgewood School…
Irvin Grief Jr. ’52
Irv came from the McDonogh School to the class and majored in sociology. He joined Colonial Club, was on The Daily Princetonian as promotions manager…
Gordon Granger ’52
Gordie graduated from Blair Academy (class president) and spent a year at Lehigh before joining us. His father, Allen Granger, was in the Class of…
Robert Rundle Thornton ’51
Bob died Oct. 4, 2022, in Encinitas, Calif., after a long and successful career as a California lawyer. He joined us in 1947 as an…
Eugene Lent Church ’46
Pursuit of excellence is an appropriate moniker for Gene Church, who died two months shy of 97 on June 5, 2022. One of several who…
Margaret Rose Vendryes *97
The first Black student to receive a doctorate in art and archaeology from Princeton, Margaret died March 25, 2022, of a cardiac event during surgery…
Fiona C. Tolhurst *95
Fiona died unexpectedly in Fort Myers, Fla., Dec. 21, 2021, at age 53. Born Feb. 25, 1968, she majored in English literature at Rice in…
William McGowen Priestley *72
Raised in Rosedale, Miss., Mac died in Winchester, Tenn., June 22, 2022, at age 81. Mac graduated from The University of the South (Sewanee) in…
Blair D. Savage *67
On July 19, 2022, Blair died of pancreatic cancer in Madison, Wis. Born July 7, 1941, in White Plains, N.Y., Blair dedicated his life to…
Robert S. Freeman *67
Born Aug. 26, 1935, in Rochester, N.Y., Bob died Oct. 18, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Bob earned a B.A. in music from Harvard and a…
George B. Todd *64
George died Aug. 27, 2021, in New Haven, Vt., at age 86. Brought up in Evanston, Ill., George showed an early proclivity for music. After…
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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