MEMORIALS
William E. Schmidt *53
William Schmidt, professor emeritus of chemistry at George Washington University, died Jan. 26, 2017, at the age of 96. After serving in the Army in…
David Tilgner ’84
David died Aug. 6, 2017, following a courageous battle with brain cancer. David came to us from Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vt…
Geoff Taber ’82
Geoff, wife Jacquie, and their sons, Scott (15) and Andrew (13), died Dec. 24, 2016, in a house fire at their country home near Stoney…
Andy Guy ’74
Andy died suddenly Nov. 22, 2015, just six weeks after spending a glorious weekend with roommates Larry Fullerton, David Witt, and Chris Elliot. Andy sang…
Jonathan Richard Williams Jr. ’61
Dick died Jan. 23, 2017, of pulmonary hypertension. Born in Selma, Ala., he came to us from A.G. Parrish High School. At Princeton he majored…
Edward D. Rose ’61
Ed died May 28, 2017, peacefully in his sleep at his home in Sandwich, Mass. Born in Quincy, Mass., he came to Princeton from Thayer…
Benjamin Franklin Deford III ’61
We lost Frank, one of our class heroes, May 28, 2017, when he died at his home in Key West, Fla. He was born in…
Aldo Vandermolen ’59
Aldo died July 17, 2017, in Dover, N.J., after a five-year battle with glioblastoma. Born in Alkmaar, Holland, schooled there in Dutch and then in…
Richard F. Ford ’59
Dick died July 8, 2017, at home in St. Louis. He had bested cancer for 20 years. Coming to Princeton from Portsmouth Priory, where he…
Richard E. Dillon ’55
A pioneering advertising executive and entrepreneur, Dick was born Sept. 14, 1933, to Irene and John C. Dillon, and died of cancer Aug. 17, 2017…
Syd Silverman ’54
Syd, a longtime publisher and owner of Variety and Daily Variety, died Aug. 27, 2017, of a sudden illness. He prepared for Princeton at the…
Frederick J. Tritschler ’53
Fred was born in Spokane, Wash., in 1931, but he grew up in Los Angeles and near Chicago, graduating from Evanston (Ill.) High School. At…
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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