MEMORIALS
Carl W. Messinger Jr. ’45 *51
Carl Messinger died Dec. 16, 2009. Carl entered Princeton from the Burroughs School in St. Louis and joined Quadrangle Club. He followed in the footsteps…
Roger T. Wilson ’45
Roger Wilson died Jan. 27, 2009. Roger entered Princeton from Exeter, following in the footsteps of his father, Tom 1913, and brother Bruce ’42. At…
Charles L. Galey ’45
Chick died Feb. 3, 2010. He prepared for Princeton at Hotchkiss, following in the footsteps of his brother, William ’38. At Princeton he joined the…
Frank E. Masland III ’44
Frank Masland, who was known as “Mike,” died Jan. 22, 2011, in his lifelong home of Carlisle, Pa. At Princeton he was on the swimming…
John W. Douglas ’43
John was a pillar of the class during our college years. His later career in government and private law in Washington epitomized “Princeton in the…
Lawrence P. Ralston ’39
Larry died Dec. 20, 2010, at Piper Shores, a retirement community south of Portland, Maine, the area where he had lived since 1982. Larry entered…
Twyla Sarfaty Alvarez ’86
Twyla died June 10, 2008, after an extended illness. She came to Princeton from Oklahoma City, was a member of Colonial Club, and majored in…
John B. Lewis ’64
Sadly, we learned that John Birt Lewis died May 13, 2010. He had very little contact with 1964 and Princeton over the years and very…
Richard B. Thatcher ’62
Richard died of lung cancer Oct. 1, 2010, in Huntington, N.Y. Richard came to Princeton from Hotchkiss. He roomed with John McWilliams, dined at Tower…
Robert H. Hall ’61
Bob Hall, known as “Tzaddi,” died Oct. 17, 2009, at home in Seattle. Born in Ann Arbor, Mich., he moved to Colorado at an early…
John J. Rhoads ’59
Jay died May 21, 2010, in Devon, Pa. Born in Abington, Pa., Jay prepared for Princeton at Abington High School and The Hill School, where…
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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