MEMORIALS
Joseph F. Rorke ’39
“Dr. Joe,” as he was affectionately known, died June 4, 2013, at his home at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Ariz. After graduating from Princeton, he…
James M. Flaherty ’70
Jim died April 10, 2014, of a heart attack. Following interests that began at Loyola College High School in Montreal, Jim was a hockey player…
Christopher W. Brooks ’70
A heart attack claimed Chris on Aug. 19, 2014. He came us to from the McDonogh School in Maryland. While an undergraduate, Chris coached the…
Charles A. Friedman ’67
Charley Friedman died Jan. 26, 2014, in Houston after a long struggle with leukemia. He came to Princeton from Memphis Central High School. Charley belonged…
Kent E. Mast ’65
Kent Mast died April 24, 2014, after an extended illness. Born in Media, Pa., Kent majored in politics, took his meals at Cottage Club, and…
Peter W. Hyde ’61
Known to us as “Pete,” Peter died July 8, 2014, from complications of Parkinson’s disease in Prairie Village, Kan. A son of Benjamin Hyde ’24…
Ira B. Silverstein ’60
Ira died Oct. 9, 2013, in Seoul, Korea, from complications of a hip fracture that he suffered while on an overnight stop en route to…
W. Thomas Thach Jr. ’59
William Thomas Thach Jr. died July 1, 2014. He was 77. Tom was born in Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 3, 1937, to Mary Elizabeth Edwards…
Frank A. Peluso ’59
Frank died suddenly May 14, 2014, of congestive heart failure at home in New York City with his beloved wife, Emi (née Yamamoto), at his…
Leonard A. Yerkes ’58
Leonard died peacefully Sept. 2, 2014, from complications related to prostate cancer. He attended St. George’s School prior to Princeton. A politics major, his thesis…
Donald M. Alcoke Jr. ’58
Donald Alcoke died of colon cancer July 11, 2014, in Albuquerque, his home for the last 17 years. Don came to Princeton from Greenhills High…
Francis C. Brown Jr. ’58
Frank died Aug. 11, 2014, after a valiant 15-year battle against Parkinson’s disease. Frank prepared for Princeton at the Peddie School. At Princeton, he entered…
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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