MEMORIALS
Vernon J. Dixon *73
Vernon Dixon, who had been the Merit Professor of Economics at Haverford College, died April 23, 2011. He was 78. In 1954, Dixon received 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 S. Toll *52
John Toll, a physicist who presided over two major research universities, died of respiratory failure July 15, 2011. He was 87. Toll graduated from Yale…
Douglas S. Green *80
Douglas Green, professor of biology at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, died peacefully March 8, 2011, after having had health concerns for several years. He…
Filiz E. Burhan *79
Filiz Burhan, associate professor of art history at The American University of Paris (AUP), died May 23, 2011, of cancer. She was 67. Burhan received…
Frank S. Frick *70
Frank Frick, the retired Stanley S. Kresge professor of religious studies at Albion College, died peacefully at home June 19, 2011, after a lengthy battle…
Steven A. Orszag *66
Steven Orszag, the eminent applied and computational mathematician and the Percey F. Smith Professor of Mathematics at Yale, died May 1, 2011, of chronic lymphocytic…
J. Douglas Carroll *63
Douglas Carroll, who held joint professorships in business and psychology at Rutgers University, died June 7, 2011, at the age of 72. Carroll graduated from…
Jack Wolf *60
Jack Wolf, who was the Stephen O. Rice Professor at the Center for Magnetic Recording Research in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science…
Theodore Roszak *58
Theodore Roszak, professor of history emeritus at California State University, East Bay, who is generally credited with applying the term “counterculture” to the rebellious generation…
Theodore W. Kleinsasser ’51 *56
Bill was born Aug. 25, 1929, in Alexandria, S.D., the son of T.W. and Mabel Borgendale Kleinsasser. He attended Everett High School in Maryville, Tenn…
Myron N. Plooster *55
Myron Plooster, a retired senior scientist with the Denver Research Institute at the University of Denver, died May 14, 2011, of Alzheimer’s disease. He was…
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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