MEMORIALS
Ronald Dale Schmidt ’53
Ron, who was born in Chicago and graduated from Wayland Academy in Wisconsin, died from complications of diabetes March 11, 2008, at his home in…
Jay R. Reese ’50
Jay, a longtime resident of Dallas, Texas, died there Feb. 7, 2008. Jay was born in Philadelphia. He graduated from George School and served in…
William W. Welbon ’50
Bill died Feb. 5, 2008, from cancer. He was 84. Bill graduated from Riverside (Ga.) Military Academy in 1942. He was a four-year World War…
Charles F. Schibener Jr. ’46
Charles Schibener Jr. died Dec. 14, 2007. He came to Princeton from the Friends Central School in Philadelphia, and after his freshman year spent three…
Huntington T. Block ’46
Huntington T. Block died of cancer Feb. 25, 2008, in his native Washington, D.C. Known as “Bucky” after the Washington Senators’ 1924 World Series manager…
Van Der Veer Varner ’46
Van Varner died Jan. 24, 2008, in Alamo, Calif., of complications resulting from a stroke. He was 84. Van was from Louisville, Ky. He entered…
Julian Ormond Cumberland ’45
Julian Cumberland died May 16, 2007. Julian entered Princeton with the large group from Lawrenceville. After college he joined Aramco’s operation in Saudi Arabia but…
Martin Shelby Ochs ’45
Marty Ochs died Jan. 21, 2008. He entered Princeton from Baylor Prep in Chattanooga, Tenn., and joined Tower Club. His Princeton career was interrupted by…
Robert Steele Montgomery ’45
Bob Montgomery died June 25, 2007. Bob came to Princeton with the large contingent from Lawrenceville and joined Quadrangle Club. He followed in the footsteps…
Hugh Bell Ogburn ’45 *55
Hugh Ogburn died Oct. 23, 2007, at his home in Honolulu. Hugh entered Princeton from Westville (N.J.) High School and joined Dial Lodge. Accelerating his…
Leslie W. Pfeil ’44
Les, whom we remember as one of our flamboyant pilots who flew “The Hump” for the Air Transport Command in World War II, died Feb…
Philip Henry Ward III ’42
Philip H. Ward died at home of congestive heart failure March 18, 2008. Phil came to Princeton from Penn Charter School, where he had been…
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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