MEMORIALS
Lewis C. Bancroft ’50 *52
Lew died Aug. 3, 2016, in Wilmington, Del. He was a graduate of Phillips Andover and earned two degrees from Princeton: a bachelor’s with honors…
William H. Ahrens ’50 *53
Bill died Sept. 20, 2016, in Florida. A graduate of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Technical High, he served for three years during World War II, mostly as…
William H. Ahrens ’50 *53
Bill died Sept. 20, 2016, in Florida. A graduate of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Technical High, he served for three years during World War II, mostly as…
David L. Sweney ’49
Dave died July 31, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio — his hometown. He was predeceased by his wife, Nancy, and is survived by his four children…
Wilbur A. Smith ’49
Wib died April 9, 2016, at Kendal, a retirement community in Granville, Ohio. He had lived in the Columbus area for many years. Wib came…
Max V. Skeen ’49
Max died Aug. 25, 2016, in Orange City, Fla., at the age of 92. A native of High Point, N.C., Max enlisted in the Navy…
Lucien D. Yokana ’48
Lucien was born in Prague in 1927 and grew up in Cairo, Egypt. He became a lifelong resident of Princeton and died there Sept. 29…
Richard P. Unsworth ’48
Dick was a Presbyterian minister, an eminent New England academic, an author, a classical and jazz musician, and a lifelong activist for human rights and…
Elton R. Petersen ’48
Pete was born June 10, 1927, and died peacefully Nov. 9, 2016, at the family home in Pittsburgh. Pete’s hometown was Long Branch, N.J., and…
Jack L. Boyle ’48
Among perhaps all Princeton alumni and certainly within the Class of 1948, Jack’s occupation was unique — his entire work career was as an engineer-controller…
John C. Williams ’47
Jack was born in Newark, N.J., and started at Princeton in 1943. His education was interrupted by service in the Army. He fought in France…
James B. Rains ’47
Jim died Sept. 25, 2016, in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was born in 1925. Jim grew up in Sewickley, Pa., and attended Phillips…
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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