MEMORIALS
John J.F. Sherrerd ’52
Jay attended Episcopal Academy and graduated from The Hill School. He served Princeton and our class with good humor, good cheer, striking generosity, and great…
Charles Orcutt Hoyt ’51
He prepared at Pingry and was an economics major at Princeton, graduating from both cum laude. He roomed with Nolen Bailey, Dick Cruess, and Jim…
Ward C. Schott ’50
He graduated as valedictorian of Akron’s Springfield High School in 1943. After serving in the Army until 1946, he entered Princeton on the GI Bill…
James Joseph Walsh ’50
He was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and graduated from Canterbury School. At Princeton, he majored in biology, worked for WPRU, was an officer in the…
Herbert Grohskopf ’49
Herb prepared at Richmond Hill (N.Y.) High School and served in the Army from 1941 until 1946 in the Pacific theater, attaining the rank of…
James J. Fallon ’49
He came to Princeton in the Marine V-12 program after service in the Pacific theater. While at Princeton he played on the varsity basketball and…
Eugene D. Hill ’47
He married M. Preston “Pres” Hodges in 1950 while beginning a distinguished career as a chemical engineer with the Ideal Cement Co. He was honored…
Robert D. Bartlett Jr. ’46
He was born in Baltimore, prepared at South Kent (Conn.) School, and entered Princeton in 1942. A year later he enlisted in the Air Force…
Calvin Allen Lang ’46
Cal was born in Portland, Ore., and arrived at Princeton in 1942, where he joined Cloister Inn, played tennis, sang in the Glee Club, and…
Stephen Edwards Nightingale ’45
Steve grew up in Providence and Saunderstown, R.I., and attended Providence Country Day School. While at Princeton, he majored in chemistry. He served three years…
Norman Wadsworth Ley ’45
Norm entered Princeton from Westfield (N.J.) High School. His Princeton career was interrupted for service with the Navy V-12 program at Cornell University. He was…
Paul Townsend Griffin ’45
He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, roomed with Frank Schaffer, joined Cloister Inn, and graduated in 1947. He was an Army officer during World War II…
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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