MEMORIALS
Kenneth Whitham ’62
Ken grew up in Ridgefield, Conn., graduating from St. Luke’s School in New Canaan. At Princeton, he majored in electrical engineering, was a research assistant…
Charles M. Carroll ’62
Chick died June 1, 2025, at home in Topsham, Maine. He came to us from Governor Dummer Academy in Newbury, Mass. At Princeton, he was…
Sidney J. Friedman ’61
Sid died April 3, 2025, in Wellesley, Mass. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he came to us from Roosevelt High School. At Princeton, he majored…
Walter G. Smyth ’60
A U.S. diplomat’s son, Walt was educated in several places. He graduated from Bedford Modern School in Bedford, U.K., before a prep year at the…
Kennedy W. Gilchrist ’60
Ken graduated from Evanston Township (Ill.) High School, where he participated in student government and ran track. With us, he majored in biology, joined the…
Jeffrey T. Beaver ’60
Jeff prepared for Princeton at Albany Academy, N.Y., where he served as class president, captain of the track team, and played basketball and football. With…
Thomas B. Towers ’59
Tom died Feb. 3, 2024, in New Canaan, Conn. Predeceased by his wife, he is survived by his sons, Thomas and Andrew, and his five…
Dennis A. Snider ’59
Denny, of Chicago, died Jan. 26, 2024. Survivors include his wife, Marilynn; their five children; and six grandchildren. Denny was born in the small town…
Gilbert A. Ratcliff Jr. ’59
Gil, a retired pediatric physician, died Nov. 11, 2023, at home in Proctorville, Ohio. He was born in Huntington, W.Va., Jan. 7, 1938. He graduated…
Robert W. Mandell ’59
Bob died Nov. 5, 2023, in Pittsburgh. He came to Princeton after attending Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, where he was on the football…
Eugene J. Kraus ’59
Gene died Jan. 11, 2024. Soon after he was born in Syracuse, N.Y., his family moved to Albany. Gene graduated from Albany High School, where…
Howard G. Hudson ’59
Howie grew up in Syracuse and Fayetteville, N.Y. He graduated from Loomis School, where he played football and baseball, and received the Batchelder Art Prize…
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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