MEMORIALS
C. Thornton Murphy ’59
Thornton Murphy died Oct. 12, 2001, of injuries sustained in a fall at his home in Batavia, Ill. Thornton grew up in Oberlin, Ohio, and…
Henry Bartholomew Cox ’59
Bart Cox, a distinguished historian, died April 8, 2007, at his home in Fort Washington, Md. He had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Bart attended the…
Robert E. Kaye ’59
Bob Kaye died Aug. 10, 2006. Bob’s last known residence was in New York City. We were unable to ascertain the cause or place of…
Charles Cornelius Smith Jr. ’59
“Corky” Smith died June 3, 2007, in Jacksonville, Fla.. Corky came to Princeton from The Hill School, where he played varsity golf. He continued his…
Frank G. Denig ’59
Frank died in Connecticut on Sept. 1, 2001, of multiple myeloma. A native of NYC, Frank majored in history at Princeton, took meals at Terrace…
William Alexander Volckhausen ’59
Bill, distinguished banker, lawyer, and law professor, died of Parkinson's disease on Sept. 10, 2001, in NYC. Bill majored in English, minored in Chinese, and…
Joseph R. Burns ’59 *62
Joe "Red," electrical engineer and inventor, died at his home in West Trenton on Apr. 18, 2001. A member of Cannon Club at Princeton, Joe…
Jon L. Plexico ’59
Jon Plexico, a resident of Chatham, Mass., died of a stroke in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2001. Jon, born in Detroit, prepared for Princeton…
Joseph E. Dedeo ’59
Joe DeDeo, a retired advertising executive, died of lung cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in NYC on Dec. 8, 2000. Joe was born in…
Peter F. Metcalf ’59
Peter, one of nine Metcalfs to attend Princeton, died Jan. 26, 2001, in his winter home in Venice, Fla., after a five-year struggle with cancer…
Michael R. Zales ’59
Mike Zales, an exuberant son of Princeton, died May 4, 2000, at home in Tucson of heart disease. Born in NYC and raised in Stamford…
Leonard H. Bernheim Jr. ’59
Len died in New York on Sept. 19, 2000, of pancreatic cancer. Len prepared for Princeton at Lawrenceville. A member of the freshman crew and…
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.
PAW IN PRINT
November 2026
History is in Terri Sewell ’86’s hands; campus mental health culture; the two Princetons.
Newsletters.
Get More From PAW In Your Inbox.
