MEMORIALS
Edwin F. Russell ’37
Ed died on Dec. 22, 2001, at his Hobe Sound, Fla., home. He wrote in our 50th reunion book, "Journalism and publishing have been my…
William Howell Orr Jr. ’37
Bill died on Nov. 8, 2001, in Westfield, N.J., where he had lived his entire life. He was 86. He came to Princeton from Loomis…
Henry Quellmalz ’37
Henry died Sept. 30, 2001, at Albany Memorial Hospital Hospice, Albany, N.Y. Born in Baltimore, he came to Princeton from the Gilman School. He majored…
Standish Forde Medina ’37
Stan died on Sept. 27, 2001, from a cerebral aneurysm he suffered after visiting his closed office near the World Trade Center. He was 86…
Charles A. Dana Jr. ’37
Entrepreneur and modest achiever Charlie Dana, trout fisherman and ardent Princetonian, died May 9, 2001, in an auto accident while crossing the street in NYC…
Francis E. Bell ’37
An ardent Princetonian from New Mexico and son of Harold Bell '11, Frank Bell died May 20, 2001, of cerebral ataxia. Recently his wife of…
Sidney B. Johnson ’37
Lifelong resident of Monmouth Beach, N.J., and described in the local newspaper as "perhaps the best-known political figure in borough history," Sid Johnson died Mar…
Robert Mayer ’37
Bob Mayer died Apr. 1, 2001. His wife of 58 years, Ann, died in 1997, but he left good friend Betty Kahn, sons Andy and…
Sydney S. Date ’37
Syd Date, son of Lamson Date '43, died Jan. 15, 2001. A sales control manager and director of market research, he was a longtime resident…
Edward Lane Groff ’37
Enthusiastic alumnus and fire equipment expert Lane Groff has died. He first married Juanita Sikes in 1942 and had daughters Valerie in 1944 and Susan…
Peter C. Pumyea Jr. ’37
Pete Pumyea, who died July 20, 2000, came to Princeton from Lawrenceville but left at the end of freshman year, having been a monitor during…
Edgar Moore Finck Jr. ’37
Faithful reuner and football and lacrosse game attendee Ed Finck died Oct. 29, 1999. His wife, Janice, had predeceased him, but he left stepdaughter Donna…
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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