MEMORIALS
George A. Nankervis ’52
A distinguished medical researcher, George came to us from Meriden (Conn.) High School, joined Quadrangle, and roomed with Bob Lovell. He majored in biology and…
George M. Knebel ’52
George graduated from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School. At Princeton he joined Key and Seal and belonged to the Westchester, outing, and sailing clubs. He majored…
Lawrence W. Becker ’51
Larry was born Nov. 14, 1929, in Rochester, N.Y., to William H. and Alcey Cole Becker, the youngest of 10 children. He attended John Marshall…
Paul Hofflund ’50
Paul died Feb. 1, 2014, in San Diego. An SPIA major at Princeton, he received an NROTC commission and belonged to Court Club. He was…
Charles E. Elliott III ’50
Charlie died March 10, 2014. Charlie graduated from Columbia High in Maplewood, N.J. At Princeton he majored in English, was recipient of the Wanamaker English…
Michael J. Bove III ’48
Michael and his family had homes in Palm Beach, Fla., and Newport, R.I. He died April 4, 2014, in Palm Beach, at the age of…
William Kenmore Schweitzer ’48
Ken was born in Cleveland and died in Midland, Mich., April 4, 2014. He grew up in Claymont, Del., and entered Princeton in 1944. He…
Heyward L. Siddons ’48
Heyward was an award-winning creative director and manager of TV broadcasting and video in his hometown of Washington, D.C., and in Denver and Atlanta, before…
William B. Everett ’46
In our 25th yearbook, Bill Everett said he was “instrumental in developing the containerized concept that formed a basis of piggy-back and seagoing containers, which…
James N. Holsen ’46
Before 1973, Washington University Professor of Chemical Engineering Jim Holsen spent five years in Afghanistan working as that college’s representative to help the U.S. Agency…
Philip W. Wood ’46
As city auditor for 21 years during 11 consecutive terms beginning in 1988, Phil Wood became the longest-serving elected official in Tulsa, Okla., history. His…
William S. Shannon ’46
If you knew textiles and tennis, you knew Bill Shannon. Home from service with the 186th Combat Engineer Battalion in the South Pacific (i.e., New…
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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