MEMORIALS
James S. Lester ’45 *48
Jim Lester died May 17, 2011. Jim was a “dyed-in-the-wool” alumnus of Williams and received a bachelor’s degree from that institution in 1947. According to…
Robert T. Petersson *46
Robert Petersson, professor emeritus and former chair of the English department at Smith College, died peacefully April 8, 2011, at the age of 92. Petersson…
C. Boyd Shaffer *41
Charles Shaffer, the retired director of toxicology at American Cyanamid Corp., died Oct. 4, 2011. He was 94. Shaffer graduated in 1938 from Lebanon Valley…
Frederick Rhodewalt *79
Frederick Rhodewalt, professor of psychology at the University of Utah, died at home Aug. 19, 2011. He was 62. He graduated from Lincoln University in…
Charles E. Hamm *60
Charles Hamm, who helped found the field of American popular-music history and was a professor of music at Dartmouth, died of pneumonia Oct. 16, 2011…
James N. Rosenau *57
James Rosenau, the retired University Professor of International Relations at George Washington University, died Sept. 9, 2011, after suffering a stroke. He was 86. During…
Sin-i Cheng *52
Sin-I Cheng, Princeton professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering, died Dec. 6, 2011. He was 89. Born in China, Cheng graduated from Jiao Tong…
John McCarthy *51
John McCarthy, the eminent computer scientist, died of heart disease Oct. 24, 2011. He was 84. McCarthy graduated from Caltech in 1948, and in 1951…
Ernest R. Greene Jr. *68
Ernest Greene, a board-certified anesthesiologist, died from complications due to pulmonary fibrosis on Sept. 27, 2011. He was 70. Greene received bachelor of arts and…
Robert M. Cook *64
Robert Cook, who had been a Yale professor, an attorney, and a union iron welder, died of a form of dementia Nov. 29, 2011. He…
Paul Meier *51
Paul Meier, the eminent biostatistician and retired professor of statistics at Columbia, died Aug. 7, 2011. He was 87. Meier graduated from Oberlin in 1945…
Richard O. Steele *49
Richard Steele, a chemist who had been executive vice president of Celanese International, died Aug. 15, 2011. He was 89. Steele graduated in 1942 from…
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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