MEMORIALS
Jean C. Dutertre *66
Jean Dutertre, a French engineer, died July 24, 2014, after a long illness at the age of 72. Born in France in 1941, he graduated…
George L. Yaney *61
George Yaney, professor emeritus of history at the University of Maryland, died peacefully Nov. 2, 2014, at the age of 84. Yaney graduated with an…
William R. Bell *60
William Bell, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who spent decades consulting on military security, died peacefully Nov. 25, 2014. He was 85. Bell graduated from…
Harry A. Deans *60
Harry Deans, retired professor of chemical engineering at the University of Wyoming, died Dec. 22, 2014, at age 82. Deans graduated from Rice University with…
Dominic M. Roberti *59
Dominic Roberti, professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, died unexpectedly from a heart attack July 15, 2014. He was 81. Roberti…
Robert A. Maxwell *54
Robert Maxwell, who had a distinguished career in pharmacology, died peacefully Dec. 27, 2014, after battling cancer for several months. He was 87. After high…
Robert B.A. Naumann *53
Robert Naumann, who retired as Princeton’s only joint professor of chemistry and physics, died Dec. 10, 2014, of Parkinson’s disease. He was 85. Born in…
William H. Tonking ’49 *53
Bill died March 3, 2014, just a month shy of his 88th birthday. He lived in Houston for many years, but his career as a…
H. Karl Frensdorff *52
Karl Frensdorff, a chemist with the DuPont Co. for more than 30 years, died Nov. 9, 2014, at the age of 92. A native of…
John A. Schellman Jr. *51
John Schellman, retired professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, died Dec. 16, 2014, at the age of 90. During World War II, Schellman…
George P. Wachtell *51
George Wachtell, a scientist who had long worked at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, died Dec. 31, 2014. He was 91. Wachtell graduated from high…
James G. Affleck ’44 *49
Jim died March 8, 2015, at home in Shaftsbury, Vt. After preparing at Deerfield Academy, he majored in chemistry at Princeton. He was in the…
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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