MEMORIALS
Vernon E. Close ’61
Vern suffered cardiac arrest July 19, 2012, and could not be revived. Born in Collbran, Colo., he came to Princeton from Grand Junction High School…
Robert D. Lewis ’60
Bob died July 13, 2012, from complications of leukemia following surgery. He was born in Pittsburgh and prepared for Princeton at Mount Lebanon High School…
William B. Hackenberg Jr. ’58
Hack, of Ambler, Pa., died July 11, 2012. He came to Princeton from Germantown Academy in Philadelphia. At Princeton he majored in psychology, was an…
James W. Valuska ’58
Jim died peacefully May 5, 2012, at home in Steubenville, Ohio. He came to Princeton from Mingo High School in Mingo Junction, Ohio, where he…
Jutson C. Meininger ’58
Jut died suddenly of natural causes Feb. 8, 2008. He came to Princeton from Wood-Ridge (N.J.) High School, where he was valedictorian of his class…
Kenneth Michael Absher ’57
Mike Absher died Aug. 25, 2012, of pancreatic cancer in Bryan, Texas. He was 77. Raised in San Antonio, Mike was a 1953 graduate of…
Moses Williams Jr. ’55
Moses Williams Jr., son of Moses Williams, was born Oct. 18, 1933, in Boston, and died July 14, 2012, in Cambridge, Mass. He prepared for…
Rudi M. Brewster ’54
Rudi Brewster died Sept. 7, 2012, of complications of pneumonia at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. Born in Sioux Falls, S.D., he graduated…
Jesse W. Page III ’54
Jesse Page died Sept.17, 2012, at Durham Regional Hospital with his family at his side. Born in Pinehurst, N.C., he graduated from the Tabor Academy…
Wells Stewart ’54
Wells Stewart died Sept. 18, 2012, in Kerrville, Texas. Born in San Antonio, he prepared for college at the Lawrenceville School. He became a history…
C. Roderick O'Neil ’53
Rory died July 28, 2012, of complications of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital. At Princeton Rory roomed with Cap and Gown clubmates…
Hobart A. Burch Jr. ’53
Hobe, who held national leadership positions in religious, social welfare, and governmental agencies — he was an assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and…
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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