MEMORIALS
W. Barry Nixon *60
Barry Nixon, who as a test pilot pursued high-level aeronautical research on Princeton’s Forrestal campus, died peacefully Aug. 22, 2017, at age 87. Nixon graduated…
Gene A. Brucker *54
Gene Brucker, professor of history emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, died July 9, 2017, at the age of 92. He graduated from the…
Joseph J. Cahill Jr. *53
Joseph Cahill, whose longtime career as a chemist involved positions at Merck in New Jersey and Hoechst Celanese in Texas, died July 25, 2017, at…
Robert J. Stack ’72
Bob died Dec. 2, 2017, in London, where he returned to live near his wife’s family. He was a steady and affable classmate. Bob came…
William F. Binder Jr. ’72
Bill died Dec. 21, 2017, unexpectedly at his home in Boca Raton, Fla. A native of Yardville, N.J., Bill came to Princeton from Bordentown Military…
William B. O’Connor ’61
Bill died Nov. 6, 2017. He came to us from Canterbury School and was part of the Canterbury contingent that included Jay McCabe, John O’Neill…
Dennis S. Karjala ’61
Dennis died April 26, 2017, of complications resulting from treatment for cancer. Born in New York City, he came to us from Bellaire High School…
Francis Axel Harvey ’61
Axel died Feb. 20, 2016, of ALS in Montreal, Canada. Born and raised in Montreal, Axel came to us from Lower Canada College. At Princeton…
John S. Crocker ’61
John died Feb 21, 2017, in Mentor, Ohio. He was born in Elmira, N.Y., and was with us only freshman year. He was a member…
Peter J. Reilly ’60
Pete died Nov. 2, 2017, from complications of a rare cancer. He had a distinguished career as a professor of chemical engineering. At Princeton he…
Ronald L. Katsky ’60
Ron died Nov. 20, 2017, of a sudden attack of septic infection after an otherwise healthy and very active life. Born and raised in Los…
Glenn L. Kelly ’58
Glenn died Nov. 21, 2017. He was struck and killed by a car while walking. He was a graduate of Germantown (Pa.) Academy. At 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.
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