MEMORIALS
Robert S. Towers Jr. ’55
Bob died Sept. 21, 2014, at the age of 81. Bob was born in Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 12, 1932, to Anne Tucker and R.S. Towers…
John H. Jenkin ’54
John died Nov. 2, 2014, in Lewisburg, Pa. He and his wife, Patricia, retired there with their son, John, in 1999 to be close to…
Leland T. Johnson Jr. ’54
Leland died Sept. 18, 2014. Born in Port Chester, N.Y., he attended Taft School. At Princeton, he was a member of Colonial Club and the…
W. Richard Cantwell ’53
Dick died Sept. 7, 2014, in Northfield, Minn. He was 82. A native of Wilmington, Del., and a graduate of P.S. DuPont High School, Dick…
Robert W. Hallgring ’50
Bob died Dec. 25, 2012, in Falmouth, Mass. Born in South Orange, N.J., he graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J. At Princeton he…
J. Stewart Bakula ’50
Stew died in his hometown of St. Louis, Mo., June 2, 2014, from complications related to an ongoing battle with Alzheimer’s. He graduated from Cleveland…
John R. Bermingham ’47
John died Sept. 21, 2014, in New Canaan, Conn. He was 88 years old. John was born in Oyster Bay, N.Y., where his parents were…
Raymond K. Dykema Jr. ’44
Ray died in his home in Boulder, Colo., July 10, 2014. After preparing at Hotchkiss, he roomed at Princeton with Dave Ross, Chet Rice, Carl…
Charles Rush ’43
Charles died in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 21, 2012. He was a native of Louisville and a graduate of Louisville Male High School. At Princeton, he…
Ruloff Kip ’43
Rolf died Sept. 26, 2012, in his hometown of Montclair, N.J. He entered Princeton from Phillips Andover. At Princeton, he was captain of the cross-country…
Robert Applegate Jr. ’43 *49
Robert Applegate Jr. ’43 *49 Bob died Oct. 6, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. He came to Princeton from Phillips Academy, where he was on…
James Donnelly ’43
Jim died Nov. 23, 2012, in Lincoln, R.I. He left Princeton in 1945 to join the Air Force, where he served as a pilot 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.
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