MEMORIALS
Thomas B. Vanderbeek ’76
The following is an expanded version of a memorial from the Sept. 14, 2016, issue. Tom died Feb. 28, 2016, in Suffern, N.Y. He was…
Laurence Walker ’70
Larry died after a difficult fight with cancer Nov. 14, 2015. While at Princeton, his baritone voice memorably enriched the Footnotes and parties at Quad…
Anthony Pelino Jr. ’70
Tony died Aug. 19, 2014, in Binghamton, N.Y. He was a lifelong and loyal resident of the tri-cities area of the Southern Tier counties of…
Ralph E. Bodine ’66
Ralph died March 7, 2016, at his home in Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. He was surrounded by his wife, Linda, and six children. Ralph…
Harold T. Peterson Jr. ’63
Hal, a health physicist who was a national leader in setting standards for protecting the public against radiation damage, died Jan. 16, 2016. Retired from…
Martin D. Alexander ’63
Martin died March 6, 2016, at home in Santa Rosa, Calif., after a 10-year struggle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. A groundbreaker in artificial intelligence, microprocessing…
John E. Zuccotti ’59
John died Nov. 19, 2015. Born in Manhattan, he attended La Salle Military Academy. As a freshman at Princeton, John won the Spencer Trask Debating…
Philip B. Smith ’58
Phil died on Jan. 29, 2016, in Delray Beach, Fla. He entered Princeton from Trinity-Pawling School. A chemical engineering major, Phil rowed on the freshman…
Bradley R. Brewer ’58
Brad died Jan. 2, 2016, in New York City, of complications from heart disease. He prepared at Westside High School in Omaha, Neb. At Princeton…
Donald W. Stake ’57
Don died Feb. 21, 2016, in Schenectady, N.Y., surrounded by family. While at Princeton, Don majored in English, was active in the Chapel Choir, and…
Lynn W. Hall ’57
Lynn died Jan. 9, 2016. In 1975, already a leading Shearson Lehman stockbroker, Lynn created the Hall Management Group, a dynamic trading entity within Shearson…
Ronald Miller ’54
Ron died March 9, 2016, of complications from a fall. Born in New York City, he majored in biology at Princeton. He was a member…
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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