MEMORIALS
William W. McCarthy ’41 *46
Walt McCarthy died March 5, 2014, in Minnesota, where he had moved to be near his daughter. Walt prepared for Princeton at Lawrenceville, majored in…
John R. Thomas II ’40
Known to us as “Johnny” or “Tom,” John Thomas died April 30, 2014, at age 96, in Elmhurst Township, Pa. Born in nearby Scranton, he…
Yeiichi Kuwayama ’40
Known to us as “Yick” or “Kelly,” our classmate, who was Princeton’s oldest living Asian American alumnus, died June 29, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Born…
John C. Shipley ’37
John Shipley of Voorhees, N.J., died peacefully Jan. 5, 2014. John came to us from Central High School in Philadelphia. When his mother fell ill…
Roger P. Yannetti ’74
At all reunions to come, we will toast Roger P. Yannetti, who died of heart failure July 1, 2003, in Upper St. Clair, Pa. He…
Richard A. Goodman ’74
The intellect and comedic genius of Richard Goodman was taken from us on Sept. 2, 2013, when he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. Richie…
James V. Davis Jr. ’66
The class received word in July that James Davis died Dec. 9, 2013. A graduate of The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., and a resident…
Peter C. Wylie ’66
Pete died June 26, 2014. He graduated from St. Paul’s School, where rowing was his favorite sport. At Princeton he majored in Latin American studies…
Richard E. Fitzpatrick ’66
After a courageous battle with metastatic prostate cancer, Fitz died from unexpected complications July 12, 2014, at home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., surrounded by…
William Greenberg ’63
Bill died of pancreatic cancer June 7, 2014, in Blacksburg, Va., where he had been an award-winning professor of mathematics for four decades at Virginia…
G. Alan Kramer ’61
Known to many of us as “Gak,” our classmate Alan died March 8, 2014, in Houston, Texas. Born in Reading, Pa., he graduated from Muhlenberg…
William H. Meeks III ’61
Known to many of us as “Billy,” Bill died in his sleep Jan. 30, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he was born and where…
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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