MEMORIALS
William Brewster Mather ’33
Born to missionary parents in Baoding, China, Brew died in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 22, 2003, after a long illness. He was 92. He was educated…
Philip Pettibone Schaffner ’33
Phil died Apr. 16, 1999. He was 87. He earned his PhD in economics at Ohio State U. He was a commander in the Navy…
John Leisenring Kemmerer Jr. ’33
John died Nov. 14, 2002, in Overlook Hospital, in Summit, N.J. He was 91. John was a Princetonian through and through. He was unusually supportive…
Thomas Heffron Mettler ’33
Tommy, of Upper Nyack, N.Y., died Nov. 18, 2002. He was 91. He was the father of the class baby of '33. Tommy was an…
Walter Edward Whitton ’33
Walt, retired chairman, president, publisher, and CEO of the Hour Newspapers, died Aug. 24, 2002, in Redding, Conn. He was 91. He received his law…
George Alfred Perera ’33
George died Sept. 14, 2002, in a retirement community at Kennett Square, Pa. He was 90. George received his medical degree from Columbia U. Medical…
Washington Bowie V ’33
Wash died Mar. 29, 2001. He was 89. He was a lifelong resident of Lutherville, Md., and came to Princeton from Boys' Latin in Baltimore…
Raymond Elmore Burnes ’33
Ray died July 25, 2002, of pneumonia. He was 91. Ray was a teacher par excellence. After his graduation from Princeton, he received a master's…
James Platt Okie ’33
Platt died Jan. 15, 2002, after a stroke, at Avon Health Center, in Connecticut. He was 91. Prior to moving to Avon, Platt had lived…
Thomas Creigh Jr. ’33
Tom was an important businessman and philanthropist in Hastings, Nebr. He died May 30, 2002. He was 91. Tom became president and CEO of the…
William Edgar Edmonston ’33
Bill died at his home in the Tucson Mountain foothills on June 8, 2002. He was 92. Born in Baltimore, Bill moved to Arizona in…
Chester Lewis Fisher ’33
Chet died at Williamsburg Landing, Va., on May 21, 2002. He was 90. After he graduated from Princeton he served in the Air Force as…
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
July 2026
Architect Tod Williams ’65 *67 reflects on the Obama Presidential Center; rain and revelry at Reunions.
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