MEMORIALS
James F. Ridgeway ’59
Jim was still immersed in his extraordinary life as a hard-hitting, muckraking, crusading journalist when he died of complications from shingles in Washington, D.C., Feb…
David L.B. Fringer Jr. ’59
David passed away peacefully in his sleep Jan. 3, 2021. Born in Baltimore, Md., he prepared at McDonogh School. At Princeton he majored in biology…
Arthur L. Brown II ’59
Sandy died Feb. 12, 2021, in Austin, Texas, surrounded by loved ones. Gregarious, hail-fellow-well-met, he was a three-letter athlete and student government president at Mountain…
Mark D. Birnbaum ’59
Complications of pneumonia took Mark at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas, Calif., Jan. 5, 2021. He came to Princeton from Scotch Plains (N.J.) High School, where…
Leroy Riddick Jr. ’58
Roy died Jan. 29, 2021, in Mobile, Ala. He was 84. He came to Princeton from Messick High School in Memphis, where he was president…
Edwin McCall Leiby ’58
Ned died Sept. 18, 2020, in Willow Grove, Pa. He was 84. He came to Princeton from Ellendale (N.D.) High School, where he participated in…
Paul Barger Kern Jr. ’58
Paul died Feb. 10, 2021 in Cary, N.C. He was 84. He came to Princeton from the Landon School, where he played football, basketball, baseball…
L. Desaix Anderson ’58
Desaix died Feb. 11, 2021, in New York City. He was one day shy of 85. He came to Princeton from West Tallahatchie High School…
Robert M. Alfred ’58
Bob died Feb. 1, 2021, in Beachwood, Ohio. He was 84. He came to Princeton from Shaker Heights High School, where he was active in…
Peter Clapman ’57
Before Peter, many big businesses were different. There were few effective ways to challenge corporate management by a takeover bid when their performance frayed. Management…
Otto Lucien Anton Spaeth Jr. ’55
Tony, a noted authority on corporate identity, died of Parkinson’s disease at home in Rye, N.Y., Jan. 13, 2021. He dealt gracefully with Parkinson’s for…
James C. McGough ’55
Jim died Feb. 5, 2021, of COVID-19 following an extended illness. Dee, his wife of 53 years, said of his passing, “He was a great…
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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