MEMORIALS
Wladyslaw Troka ’52
Wladek came to the class and to the United States from Poland in 1949 and earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He subsequently received…
Thomas Kirkpatrick Parrish III ’52
Kirk graduated from Andover. At Princeton he was on the track team for four years, served as ad manager for WPRU, and belonged to Colonial…
David W. Sykes ’52
David came to Princeton from the Peddie School. He majored in politics, belonged to Quadrangle, and roomed with Biddle Worthington and Warren Bruce. After service…
Walter G. Ramsay ’52
Walt came to the class from Mercersburg Academy. At Princeton he was a varsity wrestler, belonged to Tower, and roomed with John Lowry and Brantz…
Todd T. Johnson ’52
A mining engineer with his own monument company in Brevard, N.C., Todd came to Princeton after Culver Military Academy. He roomed freshman year with Mike…
Allan King Poole Jr. ’49 *52
Allan Poole died Nov. 1, 2012. He was born May 28, 1927, in New Haven, Conn., and came to Princeton from Kent School and after…
James M. Phillips ’49 *59
James Phillips died Aug. 2, 2012, from complications of a fall. Jim was born March 21, 1929, in Pittsburgh. He came to Princeton from Peabody…
Salim E. Caraboolad ’49
Salim Elias Caraboolad, known to us as “Sam,” died peacefully Nov. 9, 2012. Sam came to Princeton from West High School in Cleveland. He majored…
Carl L. Hokenson Jr. ’48
Carl had a distinguished career in the Navy, retiring as a commander. He died March 3, 2012, in Hawaii, where he and his late wife…
Samuel W. Averett ’48
Sam died May 7, 2012, in Madison, N.J. He was 85. His wife, Jean (née Ward), died less than three months later, at age 88…
Mark Levin ’48
After a long battle with cancer, Mark died Aug. 16, 2012, in Pittsburgh. He was 85. He was born in Washington, D.C., grew up in…
Miles Charest ’48
Miles died July 29, 2012, in Baltimore. He was 86. At Princeton he majored in history, and was active in WPRU and the Press Club…
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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