MEMORIALS
Parkin Thomas Sowden Jr. ’44
Tom died Oct. 3, 2011, in Greenville, S.C. Tom came to Princeton after graduating from Exeter. He majored in chemical engineering, roomed with Jay Madeira…
Burnham Carter Jr. ’44
Burn died Aug. 29, 2011, in Old Lyme, Conn. After graduating from the Millbrook School, he was in Whig-Clio and a member of Quadrangle Club…
Gelston Hinds ’44
One month shy of being 90, Gel Hinds died Dec. 20, 2011, in Bristol, R.I., after a long siege of dementia. A graduate of Hotchkiss…
Kentaro Ikeda ’44
Ken died Nov. 6, 2011, in Larchmont, N. Y. Ken’s father brought green tea to the United States while representing Japan at the 1904 St…
William M. Scranton ’42
Bill Scranton died Oct. 4, 2011, in Keene, N.H., after years of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Bill was born in Scranton, Pa., and graduated from…
H. Dickson S. Boenning ’42
Dick Boenning died Oct. 28, 2011, at his vacation home in Jamestown, R.I. Dick prepared for college at Penn Charter School, where he was captain…
Stanley H. Gilman ’39
Stan died Aug. 31, 2011, in Virginia Beach, Va., after a brief illness. We will long remember his faithful attendance at every five-year reunion, where…
Charles L. McPhee ’85
Charles McPhee died May 8, 2011, at his home in Woodland Hills, Calif., after a five-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He was 49…
Douglas F. Coppi ’77
Doug, who specialized in construction engineering and management and dispute resolution, was our class treasurer from 1987 to 1992. He died unexpectedly Sept. 21, 2011…
W. Lee Rawls ’66
Lee Rawls died of acute leukemia Dec. 5, 2010. Lee grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Chestnut Hill Academy, where he was class valedictorian…
John Shirk ’65
John died of respiratory failure Nov. 8, 2011, at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was a graduate of Manheim Township High School in Lancaster, Pa…
John Maloney ’65
The class was saddened to learn that John Maloney died Aug. 13, 2011, in Asheville, N.C., of cancer. Born in Princeton and raised in Chappaqua…
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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