MEMORIALS
Esther Zisa Taubman ’82
The loss of Esther saddens the Class of 1982. She graduated early from Ramaz High School in New York and started college at Cornell University…
Jonathan Todd Weber ’80
Todd died Nov. 13, 2024, in Atlanta during surgery to repair a broken clavicle sustained in a bicycle accident two weeks earlier. He retired from…
Charles R. Helms ’80
Chuck, died Nov. 2, 2025. He was an extremely talented epee fencer for coach Stan Sieja’s Tiger squad, was named All-Ivy three times, as well…
Steve Silliman ’79
Steve died March 31, 2025, from pancreatic cancer. Following in the footsteps of his brother, Bill Silliman ’75, Steve arrived at Old Nassau from Chicago…
Mark C. Quale ’70
Mark died Aug. 4, 2025, of complications of Alzheimer’s at home. His journey from Arizona to be with the class at our belated 50th in…
James F. Shuey ’69
Jim died June 27, 2025, at home in Rochester, N.Y. He and Kathleen Hursh split their time between Rochester, and Estes Park, Colo., where they…
Olugbemi S. Olutimayin ’69 *72
Olu died Aug. 4, 2025, in Lagos, Nigeria. He was born in Nigeria, came to the United States for school, then returned to serve his…
Kenneth A. Bourne Jr. ’66
Ken died Sept. 24, 2025, in Baltimore, where he was born and lived most of his life. A graduate of the Gilman School, Ken entered…
Robert C. White Jr. ’64
Bob died Sept. 16, 2025, of complications from a paralyzing biking accident. Coming to Princeton from the McDonogh School in Owing Mills, Md., Bob dined…
James W. Hunter ’64
Jim died May 22, 2025. Jim came to Princeton from Ashland (Ohio) High School, where he was valedictorian and active in football, wrestling, dramatics, and…
Francis C. Edmonds III ’64
Francis died Jan. 19, 2023, in Berlin, Germany, where he had been living since 1971. Francis graduated from Friends Academy in Locust Valley, N.Y., and…
Steven C. Klausner ’63
Steve died Oct. 10, 2025, at his home in Greenwich, Conn. A native of Yonkers, N.Y., he attended the Peddie School before coming to Princeton…
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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