MEMORIALS
Benn W. Jesser ’36 *41
Benn died July 13, 2011, in Boston, Mass., surrounded by his family. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Benn came to Princeton from Hackensack, N.J. At the…
Paul F. Hand ’35
Paul died of Alzheimer’s disease June 15, 2011, in Crookston, Minn., where he had lived since 2008. He was 97. Born and raised in Ridgewood…
Marc C. Simon ’80
The Class of 1980 is sorry to report the death of Marc Simon. Marc died April 16, 2010, after losing his battle with cancer, at…
James A. Lyons III ’72
Jim Lyons died unexpectedly in his sleep due to heart complications, at home in Carlsbad, Calif., on May 12, 2011. Jim came to Princeton from…
John H. Marburger ’62
Jack died July 28, 2011, on Long Island, N.Y., of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He came to us from Bladensburg (Md.) High School. Graduating with honors in…
Gerald J. Laba ’62
Gerry died of heart failure June 25, 2011, in Encino, Calif. Gerry entered Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School. An English major, he was…
Robert A. Sklar ’58
Bob died July 2, 2011, in Barcelona from a brain injury sustained in a bicycle accident. He came to Princeton from Polytechnic High School in…
Robert B. Helm ’58
Bob died April 25, 2011, in New York City. He came to Princeton from the William L. Dickinson School in Jersey City, N.J. A religion…
Milner S. Ball ’58
The class lost Milner April 6, 2011 in Athens, Ga., after a brave fight with Parkinson’s disease. We will be diminished by his absence. His…
Richard A. Lukins ’58
Richard (known as Dick to his Princeton classmates) died suddenly March 28, 2011, of acute myeloid leukemia. Richard came to Princeton from Rye (N.Y.) High…
J. Perry Ruddick ’58
Perry Ruddick died comfortably June 15, 2011, at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., after a prolonged illness. Perry arrived at Princeton from Phillips…
Donald F. Noonan ’56
Donald Noonan died May 24, 2011, near his home in Williamsburg, Va., and was buried with a military service at Quantico National Cemetery. 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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