MEMORIALS
C. L. Andrew Bassett ’46
Andy Bassett died Nov. 14, 1994, of a brain tumor at his home in Bronxville, N.Y. Andy entered Princeton the fall of 1941, but his…
Roger Baber Prescott Jr. ’46
Roger Prescott died June 3, 1994, of a heart attack at his home in Keeseville, N.Y. Roger prepared at Exeter. During the war, Roger served…
James Mott Hartshorne ’46
Jim Hartshorne died Dec. 22, 1994, of cancer. From Princeton, Jim went to Cornell with the V-12 contingent, eventually joining the Marine Corps as a…
Victor Raymond Schmidt ’46
Vic Schmidt died May 27, 1995, in the Lehigh Valley Hospital after a brain tumor operation. Vic came to Princeton in Sept. 1942 from Taft…
Mortimer Stafford Thompson ’46
Staff Thompson died Jan. 21, 1995, collapsing suddenly of a heart attack while dancing with his beloved wife, Donna. Staff joined the class in 1942…
Donald H. Balleisen ’46
DON BALLEISEN DIED in Louisville, Ky., July 29, 1993. Don was always an active Princetonian, serving as class V.P., a member of the Alumni Council…
Gardner W. Beckett Jr. ’46
GARDNER BECKETT DIED Mar. 22, 1993, in Tampa, while arguing a racialdiscrimination suit in the federal court there. Gardner was born in Tampa and grew…
William B. Hawke Jr. ’46
BILL HAWKE DIED May 18, 1993, just after moving to Charleston, S.C., where he had hoped to enjoy his retirement next to the ocean, which…
David A. Miller ’46
DAVE MILLER DIED Oct. 3, 1991, in Forestville, Calif., but the class did not hear of his death until recently. Dave was raised in Wellesley…
Robert A. Solow ’46
DR. ROBERT SOLOW died July 30, 1993, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Newark, N.J., Sept. 11, 1925, and attended Kearny…
Kingman Bassett ’46
KINGMAN BASSFIT DIED Aug. 22, 1993, at his summer home in Rose Hill, Canada, after a long and courageous fight against prostate cancer. King was…
George Munn Hanford ’46
The summer of ’42 brought John to Princeton from Kent School, where Spanish had become his “foremost love in matters academic,” he said. The winter…
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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