MEMORIALS
John McIvor Willcox Jr. ’61
John, known to us as “Mac,” died May 15, 2019, at his home in Marshall, Va., after a two-year struggle with emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis…
Charles Hamilton Morgan ’61
Charlie died May 2, 2019, peacefully at home in his native Spartanburg, S.C. He came to us from Spartanburg High School. At Princeton he majored…
Richard Holliday Kersten ’61
Dick died April 26, 2019, at his home in Pleasantville, N.Y., after years of living with cancer. Born in Summit, N.J., he came to us…
Thomas R.B. Campbell ’60
Born in Albany, N.Y., Tom came to us from Phillips Exeter Academy, where he excelled at hockey and lacrosse. He brought those skills to Princeton…
Carter F. Bales ’60
Carter died July 5, 2019, after a long struggle with cancer. He came to Princeton from Oyster Bay High School, on Long Island, in a…
Allen R. Smart ’56
Allen died May 24, 2019, in Chicago, having been born there July 3, 1934. He was a “man for others” in his professional and personal…
George W. Kunkel ’56
George died July 31, 2018, at home in Harrisburg, Pa., on the farm where his father, Lewis Kunkel 1924, taught George and his brother Lew…
Rodney J. Ferris ’55
Rodney died May 1, 2019, in Lincoln, Mass., at home. He was 86. He was born Feb. 18, 1933, in Darien to Margery Jarvis and…
Joseph H. Bacheller III ’55
Joe died Dec. 15, 2018. He was born in Newark, N.J., in 1933 to Joseph H. Bacheller Jr. and Marjorie M. Bacheller. In 1936 the…
John Edward Michael Wilson ’54
Mike, as he was known by most, died Nov. 12, 2018, in Norfolk, Va. He graduated from the Haverford School and attended Princeton for two…
Samuel Adams Hartwell Jr. ’52
Sam died July 11, 2019. He came to us from Deerfield. At Princeton he majored in English and joined Ivy. He roomed with Bill Brokaw…
Roger Gustavsson ’52
We learned of Roger’s death only now, although it occurred three years ago on Aug. 31, 2016. His daughter, Marka, told us, “He so valued…
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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