MEMORIALS
George Corning Fraser III ’45
GEORGE CORNING FRASER III ’45 George Corning Fraser III died Feb. 8, 2006, in Abilene, Texas. Though ill, he was alert and active when he…
Richard Walsh O'Connor ’45
Dick O'Connor died Oct. 22, 2006. Dick entered Princeton from Portsmouth Priory. He rowed on the freshman crew and waited on tables at Commons. Although…
William McDougall Kite ’45
Bill Kite died Aug. 28, 1999, at Christ Hospital in his hometown of Cincinnati after courageously battling health problems for several years. Bill entered Princeton…
William Metcalf III ’45
Will, our oldest living classmate, died May 29, 1998, in an auto accident in Sewickley, Pa. Will entered Princeton from The Hill with '43 but…
John Sanford McAndrew ’45
John "Mellow Mac" McAndrew died Dec. 17, 1997, at Prince William Hospital in Manassas, Va., after an operation for colon cancer. He survived the operation…
Charles Lum Drake ’45
On July 8, 1997, the class lost a distinguished member when Prof. Charles L. Drake died of a heart attack at his home in Norwich…
William Frank McCombs ’45 *47
Bill died Oct. 8, 2006, in Dallas, Texas. Bill entered Princeton from Little Rock (Ark.) High School and joined Tower Club. His World War…
Gordon McShane ’45
Gordon died suddenly Nov. 11, 2006. He entered the Class of 1945 from Portsmouth (R.I.) Priory. His first accomplishment at Princeton, of which he…
Philip Pidgeon III ’45
Phil Pidgeon died Mar. 17, 1996, of heart failure in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn. Phil entered Princeton from Choate and was a member of…
Robert Maury Peers ’45
On June 28, 1996, cancer took Bob Peers with merciful rapidity. Bob entered Princeton from Trinity and became a member of Cannon Club. He played…
Henry Jay Melosh III ’45
Hank Melosh died Dec. 19, 1995, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., after a long struggle with leukemia. Hank entered Princeton from Holderness Academy and…
Haugan Weld Figgis ’45
Haugan Weld Figgis died Apr. 26, 1995, at Leelanau Memorial Hospital Care Center in Michigan, after a battle with cancer. Fig, after enrolling in M.I.T…
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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