MEMORIALS
N. Beverly Tucker Jr. ’62
Bev Tucker died of cancer (lung, then brain) Oct. 27, 2011, after four days in hospice care in Wickford, R.I., with his family present. Bev…
Peter B. Tisne ’62
Peter died of cardiac arrest Oct. 29, 2011, four days after hip-replacement surgery in New York City. Peter came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy. His…
Sumner Rulon-Miller III ’61
Sumner died July 11, 2011, at Bar Harbor (Maine) Hospital of prostate cancer. The son and grandson of Princetonians, he was born in Bryn Mawr…
Raymond M. Fox Jr. ’60
Ray died April 3, 2011, at his home in Jacksonville, N.C., as he had wished — with his wife, Bonnie, and son Paul holding his…
Henry E. Bessire ’57
Hank died Nov. 18, 2011. He came to Princeton from Louisville, Ky. At Princeton he majored in politics, joined Cap and Gown, and was a…
Hobart D. Betts III ’56 *61
Hobie died Nov. 28, 2011, at Stony Brook (N.Y.) Hospital of complications resulting from a fall. He was 78 and had lived in Sag Harbor…
John R. Smart Jr. ’52
Jack died Aug. 12, 2009, in Evanston, Ill. He came to Princeton from Lawrenceville, where he played varsity football, earning a letter in two years…
Edward E. Colby ’51
Gene was born June 8, 1929, in Aberdeen, S.D., the son of Roy B. and Hazel Hackett Colby. Raised in Topsham, Maine, he attended school…
Douglas Delanoy Jr. ’50
Doug died Sept. 26, 2011, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He entered Princeton, where his father was in the Class of 1917, from The Hill School…
Robert P. Tyler Jr. ’50
Bob died peacefully Sept. 24, 2011, in his home in Palm City, Fla. He attended St. Louis Country Day School and then graduated from Lake…
Bertram H. Pittis ’50
Bert died Sept. 2, 2011, in Madison, N.J. Bert was one of our class veterans, serving in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War…
Bradlee V.B. Postell ’50
Brad died of Alzheimer’s disease July 26, 2011, in Vero Beach, Fla. He defined himself as a person of uncomplicated faith and with a glass-is-half-full…
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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